Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Fairest of All by Serena Valentino

9 reviews

presco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Child abuse and Physical abuse

seregelda's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

CW: character named "Slave," child abuse

Not what I expected, an interesting take followed by the story we know from the film.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Slavery, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

junglejelly's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-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

I really enjoyed exploring the back story to Snow White's Evil Queen.

The writing is good with a nice character arc (even though you know where it's going). People aren't so simple and the author really created a complex character who was previously shown just to be evil.

As a book aimed at kids/pre-teens, you do have to keep this in mind with the language used and the length of the book. While I do wish some scenes would have been longer, I think the pace and length overall was good.

It is dark even as a children's book but it suited the origins of the Evil Queen.

Overall a fun quick read especially for Disney's Snow White fans.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Blood

reading_books_as_escapism_lol's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

_chrstnlvly's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.5

"But my dream has already come true, Momma. You came for me as I knew you would. I love you..." 

This series is marketed towards children, but it's also for adults - especially those who grew up reading and watching Disney stories. Since it's for 10+ year olds, the writing is easy to understand and it's quick to read (Fairest of All is under 300 pages).

I love villain stories so of course I had to start reading this series. I never thought this will make me teary-eyed and sad. The Queen loved Snow White. She really did.

The story's build up was good, making you love The Queen so when she became evil, you'll find yourself understanding her actions. 

Every villain has a story. Every villain has a reason why they became evil. It will never justify the evil things villains do, but origin stories help us understand them more. It's a pain knowing how a pure heart becomes corrupted.

I cannot wait to read the rest of the series. I think the next one is about Beauty & The Beast. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

z_thatsit's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gore, Infertility, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

bookwormabby54's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

I downloaded this book for my Kindle and blew through it in 2 hours. The unraveling of the queen was so engaging.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

Minor: Grief

lunarxcross's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Death of parent

brandie_abbie19's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail