Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Plotters by Un-su Kim

16 reviews

lorepanda's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Gore

Minor: Animal death and Child death

tungstenmouse's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

I found this very intense. Sometimes it was like watching a movie. My only issues were that it was occasionally slow and unfortunately extremely violent. If you like action and thrillers I highly recommend this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Murder, Medical content, Cursing, Violence, Suicide, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Gun violence, Grief, and Death

Minor: Stalking and Cannibalism

marlenemo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, and Domestic abuse

mlewis's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Car accident, Gun violence, Stalking, and Suicide

livvyofthevalley's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This was a fun read, but it never really felt like it was going anywhere. Maybe some of the impact got lost in translation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, Gun violence, Murder, Alcoholism, Cursing, Violence, Classism, Death, and Addiction

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Body horror, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and War

i_island's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I was initially going to give this a 2-star rating at most, but omg it got so good.

I fell in love.

The ending of this book makes up for all the little issues that I had throughout it.

It was like the whole story was coming to a crescendo!

I’m definitely re-reading it in the new year!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Addiction

nasima's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Blood

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

lindsloveslit's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

2.75

"Ace of Spades" got me started on a thrillers kick which is something I thought I'd never say! That, along with #mansemarch, #koreadathon, and #koreanmarch lead me to pick this up. 

"The Plotters" written by Un-su Kim is about Reseng, who is raised by Old Raccoon in a library in Korea.  There, he teaches Reseng to become an assassin where he carries out plotters instructions to kill people. Eventually, after disobeying orders, he finds himself in trouble and on a hit list. The ending felt bizarre, and overall it was very different from what I expected; more violent/gorey and less fantasy/tense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

midnightshow's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Murder, Sexism, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Child death