Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Tokio by Mo Hayder

5 reviews

girlpuck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Cannibalism, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, War, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Forced institutionalization

cappitak's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Genocide, Death, Blood, Violence, Body horror, War, Murder, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

sasisaskia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Abortion, Animal death, War, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Self harm

spookykitty2334's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Very well written book. My only complaint is the lack of the main characters backstory and her family. Regardless this book will stick with me for a long time. If you like plot driven dark stories then this is for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Cannibalism, Rape, Murder, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Sexual content, Self harm, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Death

e_gracereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I enjoyed this book, more than I even expected to. It was horrific — which is to be expected, considering it’s a historical fiction about the Rape of Nanking — but it was incredibly well written, haunting, and mysterious. It’s going to sit with me for a while, I think, especially this: is ignorance forgivable? 

Incredibly poignant. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Torture, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Rape, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War