Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Rizzio by Denise Mina

14 reviews

karenschlesser's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gore, Sexism, Blood, and Alcohol

sai_like_sigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Torture, Gaslighting, and War

misskatz's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

sherlocktomes's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage and Misogyny

wytherwytch's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Just a brilliant retelling of the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape and Grief

feebles640's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Pregnancy

kellyinbookland's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

velvet_young's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, and Pregnancy

bethsbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I thoroughly enjoyed this! I am quite fascinated by Mary Queen of Scot's story so it was cool to focus on one particular moment in her wild history. I felt that Denise Mina did an astounding job in the short word count that she had. You definitely need to know a little bit about Mary & this story to get fully invested and involved in this novella. There is a bit of world-building and you can go in blind, but I think I would have been so hyperfixated on the history if I didn't previously know the story. Instead, I got to enjoy the delicious, poetic writing, the eerie setting, the "real-time" pacing, wandering through Edinburgh with Yair, the references of Mary's past and future, and of course, witnessing this horrific murder once again.

I think if you've seen any film or read anything about Mary Stuart's life, you will enjoy this book. It's short, it's emotional, it's gory, it's bloody, and it's unlike anything else I've read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail