Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Dogs of Summer: A Novel by Andrea Abreu, Andrea Abreu

11 reviews

_meganrose's review

medium-paced

2.5

2.5 ⭐️ This was.. odd. Could be in part that it possibly lost some meaning in translation? Enjoyed some of the coming of age aspects of this, and other parts were a bit out there for me. Not my cup of tea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Excrement

fuzzyfairy's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Excrement, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

llorona's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

lorie266's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Excrement

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

jasminermelyn's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring fast-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: Cursing, Eating disorder, Blood, and Excrement

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death

readinglibra's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Child death, Violence, and Death of parent

taylorsevalia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Grief, and Cannibalism

Minor: Abandonment

yinflower's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

hanhantap's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

paperknotbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My feelings about this book are complicated: a small part of me thinks “ew,” but it’s full of endearment. There’s so much innocence to the narrative voice, that I can’t help but feel charmed. There’s a lot of descriptions of shit, and wedgie picking, and awkward sexual experiences, but they’re compared to quietness of Barbies, or the colorful markers, or whatever is inside that box of licorice.

The story covers little snippets from a summer in the early aughts, with focus on minute details from our 10 year old narrator’s complicated friendship with a girl from her neighborhood named Isora. For example, a chapter could be called “Jesus’s Little Head,” which is a small detail of an engraving on the headboard of her friend’s dead mother, and the story is about an early childhood lesbian experience.

This book won’t mesh with you, if you’re squeamish about basic bodily functions, because there are a lot, and they are… I guess graphic is the word I want here. I will not forget this book, for sure!

Thank you NetGalley and Astra House for allowing me to consume this amazing book… even though I kind of forgot I had it and let the license expire, but I bought the book before I realized the license expired. Oops! It was grand anyway!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Excrement, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, and Blood