Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

39 reviews

eb10's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death of parent, Child abuse, Car accident, Bullying, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

cabrera_bre's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Murder, and Vomit

allie_fawn's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I found the age range for the kids mixed with what they were doing very unrealistic. It was also, I don't know, a little off putting to write a book that is so violent towards children, with details etc. I just do not see why that is fun or entertaining. I do not think that is good writing, just shock value. It was not just some Lord of the Flies stuff. It was just off putting to include such details of children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Murder, and Blood

library_goth's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed the writing style and some of the monologues (even though the thought processes didn’t make sense for six year olds), but that’s about where my enjoyment ends. I read the reviews on this and knew what I was getting into, but this really is the most dismal book imaginable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Excrement, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Torture

dupont1998's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Murder, and Torture

mikeroderique's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Torture, and Vomit

lmar1994's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

pierreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Gore, and Bullying

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Excrement, Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Alcohol

yourfavavery's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

So I wanted to read this because I heard it billed as Lord of the Flies but with six-year-olds. That's sort of what it is, but instead of factions with some bullies and some victims, it mostly has one psychopathic kid and a series of deadly misfortunes that can happen to scared kids when they're alone in the woods.

It has a moral of life being messy, not having a "happy ending" or a "moral" or "theme", that sometimes bad things just happen and there isn't always hope to be gleaned from a terrible situation.

Overall, it's a good novella - I breezed through it in one night - but don't look here for any warm and fuzzies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Blood, Death, Child death, Vomit, Murder, Excrement, Bullying, Violence, and Child abuse

justthatbookishbabe's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Murder, Death, Sexual assault, Gore, Child death, Violence, and Vomit