Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan

42 reviews

teddy_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Murder, Lesbophobia, and War

dokushoka's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

victoriousbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

This book does is not a victim of the second book slump. While there is a clear plot that it’s following, there is still a bunch going on and we learn so much about the core characters in this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Mental illness, Slavery, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

chorglette's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

alexreadsboooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism and Torture

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I think I prefer the first book more than this one. Book two does a lot of setting up for the final book and introduces a lot of conflict between characters.
With up the set up there are also a lot of character development. I thought the development was good and needed in fleshing out some of the characters. With all the character development it did feel like the action scenes lacked in comparison.

All in all I really liked the book and want to finish the series soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

andromeda_1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Self harm, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

dododenise's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book suffers of severe middle book syndrome. It drags on, the plot being in that awkward place between the start and the resolution. I had to push myself through this book, hoping for better to come. But the plot pretty much kept its pace, making that part of the book very monotonous. The plot was also incredibly predictable. So predictable, that I didn’t think it would take this obvious of a route. But it did. I’m really hoping the third and last book in the trilogy does better.

But next to the plot points, this book was about recovery of trauma. And I think the book handled that well. We see how different characters handle it all in their own ways. When it comes to character development, the series needed this middle part. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Slavery

zoevjester's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

It starts off at a medium pace, and then the final act picks up to a fast, bitter cliff hanger for the final book in the trilogy. 
I really enjoyed Lei's arc, and how she sees more than the others, maintains her heart of gold despite her own personal battles and the effects of war around her. 
Second time reading Girls 2, and still the revelations of how far some characters go to defeat the evil King chills me. 
Also liked the new perspectives of characters, because it broadens the scope of an all-out war, seeing it from the points of view from people all over the country of Ikhara. 
Excited for Girls 3!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

spellygirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism