Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Hollow Heart by Marie Rutkoski

15 reviews

laurawil's review

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Blood

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

I did not care about the characters anymore and honestly I didn’t care to see how the story got resolved. Also I have now learned there was a trilogy before this called the Winners Trilogy I think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Blood, Gore, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Death, Murder, Violence, and War

mahitdzmare's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

kinda underwhelming compared to the midnight lie. I didn’t really care Sid’s plot with her kingdom especially with how it’s connected to the author’s other books, which I haven’t read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Grief, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Child death, Classism, Gun violence, and Sexual content

caidyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

Wow, this was an explosive conclusion to this series. It's very different from the first book, something that took me a bit to adjust to. Multiple perspectives and a very different, more violent, tone. But am excellent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Sexism

cagneynicole18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring tense 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

4.0

okay here we go...

the first 2/3 or the book dragged to me which was deviating because I loved the first book, but finishing the book was worth it. I do wish that she made the ending much longer and kept writing. I do feel like the author got tired of the book at some point and rushed the rest. I loved finding out Nirrim's origin that was incredible to me. Honestly, I wish we got three books instead of two I'm sad it's over.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

Minor: War, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

orchidd's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting and War

imaginingly's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

i enjoyed how this book ended although i wasn’t the biggest fan of nirrim’s character for this book i really enjoyed the development of (almost) each character we met from the midnight lie and how it all came together in the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Minor: Classism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, and War

jurizprudence's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

the challenge is to keep count of how many times sid mentioned apples and replayed "do you not love me as i love you? won't you come with me" line in each of her pov. mommy issues and the crippling rejection from your one true love. i get it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Addiction, War, and Colonisation

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I hadn't liked the love interest in the first book, so switching perspectives to that person and a very altered version of the previous protagonist resulted in a book where I dislike both of the point-of-view characters. That alteration fits the plot, so if you liked the first one this might work for you, it just didn't for me. I can say it starts to deal with the fallout of the protagonist's actions in the first book, so while I don't know how it ends up, I can confirm that it didn't resolve it quickly nor cheaply.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Body horror, Death, Genocide, and Cannibalism

Minor: Self harm, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Colonisation