Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill

34 reviews

caity_h's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gore and Blood

cosypuck's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

luc_223's review against another edition

dark slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, and Grief

elys3's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

rowan2323's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Content Warnings: child death, misogyny, racism, body horror, blood

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Misogyny, Racism, Grief, and Classism

thecaffeinatedlibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

5.0

A careful, quiet, deliberate book that builds like a crescendo. 

I knew I'd love this book, knew it from the moment I found out that it was not only an unofficial caption is Mary Shelly's Frankenstein but about dinosaurs too. I was not wrong, I loved this book.

Mary's anger, her pride and her urge to do more—be more—make her an extremely compelling protagonist. There is much to love about this book, but Mary is easily the most extraordinary. I hated every single man in this book (except for Mr. Jamsetjee), there was a veritable amount of anger induced eye twitching going on.
I just... I adored this book and everything it says, not just about women in science, but women in the 19th century. The science itself, and the elements of paleontology, were so well done and so thoroughly researched. 

I'm of the opinion that having read Frankenstein prior to picking this up will benefit you greatly. My love for Frankenstein certainly elevated my love for this book, and I think that is the best way to enjoy this.

If you're a fan of Frankenstein and dinosaurs, this one is for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Blood, and Medical content

eleanora's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

natahoochie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Coulda been gayer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

burnourhistory's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction and Drug use