Reviews tagging 'Blood'

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

35 reviews

freadman666's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

morganmoore's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

kimbaudelaire's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Blood and Murder

amandaquotidianbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

A very fascinating character study and a perplexing moral situation. The notes from the author at the back of the book were very helpful and also added to the questions I have about the relationship between Wavy and Kellen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

amandalawrance's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-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

Some of the topics covered were very heavy and I regretted not looking at the content warnings before starting the book. I did enjoy the book overall though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Cancer

mtehan7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

pain_org's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This was a book that I struggled to get through. It was so uncomfortable. Why a book like this needs to be written I will never understand. The book had no meaning behind it, this was simply a love story about an 8 year old to 21 year old and a 24 year old to 36 year old. That’s it. The author tries to make it out like the child is the perpetrator in this gross relationship. I have read peoples comments and reviews on this book and it is confusing to me how you can root for this girl to be groomed. The same with the character. There are characters in this book that have redeeming qualities and then it gets to the end and those are all swept aside because they are so happy for that the groomed gets to live the rest of her life with her groomer. 
Like I said, this book had no meaning behind it, and I’m not someone who wants to read this type of book with rose tinted glasses on like so many other readers did. This book was easy to read in black and white because that’s how it was told. 
Also, “love knows no boundaries” on the back of the book is disgusting. Boundaries can definitely be set for “love”, especially when it’s an 8 year old and a 24 year old falling “in love.” That’s just not okay. Read “My Dark Vanessa” instead if you don’t want to read about pedophilia being romanticized. 
Two stars because the writing and story telling was good. Three stars subtracted because this book was vile and uncomfortable and just felt like the author was grossly sexualizing an actual child.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

leonora_isabella's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

This book is highly problematic as it glamourises pedophilia and sexual involvement with a minor. THAT. IS. NOT. OKAY. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder