Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Girl in Pieces, by Kathleen Glasgow

123 reviews

dora_rd's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Such an eye opening plot that made me realise how some people can really suffer in their lives at a point the don’t even have a place to live when none of their family members wills to help them . My heart is hurting with them . And let’s don’t wonder how people become homeless 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcohol, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Mental illness, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Dysphoria, Abandonment, Bullying, and Death of parent

miab_rose09's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Was sad had some cute moments but is an amazing book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content and Cursing

frero's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Death

anton13's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It was a roller coaster. I’m sad to say that some characters I liked did seem to end up as kinda the bad guys and I was really hoping they wouldn’t. When I first picked up this book I thought this would be a sad book all the way through but it has proved me wrong. Despite the main theme being about mental illness it’s still joyful at times and it helped lighten the mood(?). I really enjoyed it and it was interesting to read too. Also I made a playlist of all existing songs that they mention. So here you go:

Star -Belly
Nervous breakdown - Black Flag
Is it really so strange? - the smiths
Baby, let me follow you down - Bob Dylan 
The whole Astral Weeks album by Van Morrison
T.B. Sheets - Van Morrison
The whole Nashville Skyline album by Bob Dylan 
You’re the one that I want - Grease
Tangled up in blue - Bob Dylan 
Needle in the hay - Elliott Smith
Christmas in prison - John Prine

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Grief, Violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Injury/injury detail, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

bookgal1990's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Dysphoria, Grief, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Child abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

This book is very triggering so be warned!

alex_oake's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Blood, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Drug use

paulinelluise's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

haithisil's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Blood, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape and Fire/Fire injury

hexa's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent and Eating disorder

Look into the triggers of this book, it goes into detail about self harm and has caused many people to relapse.

what_jenn_reads's review

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Mental illness, Blood, Drug use, Child abuse, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Rape, and Self harm