Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

23 reviews

imscrem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very enjoyable urban fantasy for a casual read! I appreciated the way that characters played with gender, it added a fun dimension. I never got a full idea of the rules of the universe, but that’s probably on me for getting distracted from the audiobook. The voices were quite well done, too, come to think of it! The narrator did a great job on accents. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rae42's review against another edition

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

2.5

It's written like a middle grade book but then has swearing, sexual references, and violence which should be more for ya books. Almost dnf ed it at the start but did get more into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.25

I love a silly and eccentric merlin!!  I enjoyed the character interactions and the world building!! The plot was a bit simple but flowed well and made logical sense. Keen to read the next one 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

helfire124's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

Gripping story that had me laugh out loud at parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

tamara_joy's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

amazelan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

j'ai ADORÉ
ça faisait longtemps qu'un roman fantastique ne m'avait pas autant transporté, si j'en avais eu l'occasion je l'aurais lu d'une traite !

l'histoire est vraiment originale, + qu'un premier tome qui pose le décor, on part directement dans des péripéties pour percer des mystères et en découvrir d'autres.
les personnages sont réalistes, je les ai trouvé vraiment attachants (Merlin purée MERLIN).
la fin est peut-être un peu trop rapide, mais en même temps elle se clôt très bien, et j'ai hâte de pouvoir lire la suite !

le seul point négatif que je peux trouver à cette histoire c'est la place beaucoup trop importante/essentielle accordée à la police, franchement on aurait pu s'en passer et faire même mieux sans...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

pattyblom's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Story about Susan whose life is turned upside down after meeting Merlin. Very nice read. Diverse cast of people. Funny as well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

I probably would have loved this if I'd read it as a teen but as I am not a teen anymore this was just okay. Fun, but probably won't bother reading book 2 unless the library gets a copy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Self harm, and Death of parent

ophycore's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Blood

Minor: Self harm

le3713's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This one lacked something for me. I was confused by the world building in a way that got in the way of me being gripped by the story's tension.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail