Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

7 reviews

lanid's review

reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and War

frogcollecting's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Murder, and Pregnancy

wirt's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Slavery, and Suicide

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

sinceraly's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I thought the prose of the book was very well written and as a retelling of the Aeneid I suppose it did it's job, but I didn't pick this book up just to be a retelling of the Aeneid.

The book, for at least 50% of it's pages, just retells beat by beat it's specific part of the Aeneid. For a book named Lavinia I hoped it would have focused more on Lavinia herself - her thought patterns, her development, her feelings on things. And sometimes, especially towards the second half, it does. But so much of it revolves around the men in her life - her father, her husband, her son. I would have loved to learn more about Lavinia, what she wanted from herself, her life. 

I think, despite the prose being wonderful, this book's shortcoming comes from promising a story it doesn't really tell, and that's a shame. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

ashhearddwrites's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Child abuse

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and War

malloryfitz's review against another edition

reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, and Grief