Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

8 reviews

gteng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

becksusername's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is so masterfully written but I would not wanna live in this author's brain. This is some wild, disturbing shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexism, Child death, Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Dementia, Incest, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Bullying, Chronic illness, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicide, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

lucianacandler's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-paced

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

5.0

This is without a doubt the weirdest book I've ever read. I loved it. Absolutely unforgettable. I can see myself coming back to it again and again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Incest, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, Murder, Grief, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

At times it's not an easy book to stomach. There are things that will shock and repulse far more than the things you expect. But it's well worth a read, and you come away with more sense of love and humor than any of the horrific acts that took place.

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Gore, Body horror, Violence, Animal death, Incest, Suicide, Medical content, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, Excrement, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Animal cruelty

autumnwhite's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Pregnancy, Ableism, Addiction, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Child death, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Incest, Grief, Blood, Abandonment, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, and Child abuse

emily_weiss's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book will probably stick with me for the rest of my life; it's unlike anything I've ever read before. It's so unique and horrible yet the author did a good job of making the characters lovable despite how different they were. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

parttimerarebookdealer's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Grief