Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Break by Katherena Vermette

18 reviews

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A story of trauma and connections and how they ripple through families and generations, The Break tells the story of a group of people and the resilience of women.

This book made me very sad from start to finish. It was well-written and the audiobook was well narrated, giving the characters voices. The characters were all complex and deep creating thought-provoking stories that wove together seamlessly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

soobooksalot's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rideauriverreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

notthatlibrarian's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Blood

a_islandcriptid's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is an amazing book, it tells a very powerful and pogniant story of community, family, history, and trauma. It is a rough read and deals very well with so many difficult and emotional things, and is stunningly written 

Warning that it is a very heavy, dark, emotional story so take care of yourself and be cautious of triggers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Self harm, Police brutality, and Classism

egcam's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Child death

mlhanson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Blood, and Alcohol

bnelson13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Interesting story, really well written, incredibly heavy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

tjmitrovic's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Racism, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death

schaarzy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Addiction, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment