Reviews tagging 'Blood'

El lado oscuro by Sally Green

10 reviews

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

mokiethe_dog34's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

I watched the series on Netflix first, and reading the book was definitely quite a shock. The plot is very different and was less detailed than expecting. Not a huge fan of the first half, but enjoyed the vibes. And then I really liked the second half and the ending was great. But now I must immediately know what Nathan’s gift is, so I will indeed be reading the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, and Abandonment

gemmu's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

the_ninja_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense

4.25

So, I saw the trailer for the Netflix show and when I found out that it was based on a book I knew I had to read it before I watched the show (perks of working in a library is free reservations ya'll). I flew through the book, Nathan could surprise me by being funny as hell at unexpected moments, and I'm consequently going to go binge the TV show. I will definitely be ordering the next two books in the trilogy from my library. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

brunick's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Torture and Blood

hadlihawkins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, and Abandonment

faesissa's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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? Yes

3.75

I admit I was pointed towards this series due to the Netflix show, however there are enough differences that it kept the book interesting to read with some really interesting writing choices.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

bugcollector's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

Umm... 
Very different from the series..
It's only half good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

rubes_reads_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, and Abandonment

vikv_art's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is a reread and I loved it. When I first finished the book back in 2018 (I think) it was 3-3.5 stars, but after I read it I couldn't stop thinking about the characters so I continued with the series, which is my absolute favorite series. The first time I read it the graphic content triggered me, but now that I knew what was coming not so much. But even if it was a reread I had forgotten so many things as the whole series is really fast paced and exciting and definitely a page turner so it was nice reminding myself of them. The friendship between Nathan and Gabriel developed almost out if nowhere (kinda- we just didn't see that much of them bonding on the page), but as I know what happens in the next two books and they are my favorite characters I don't mind haha. It's interesting that I loved Nathan much more now than than I read the book for the first time. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Self harm