Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

59 reviews

m_moon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

anna_dunn's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

aprilb_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

cdundes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I WHIZZED through this audiobook - despite some heavy handed passages I was captivated by the concept and found myself double checking all the science.  Maybe time for Cannery Row soon…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

jenmcvay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide

septi's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Pandemic/Epidemic

richardlvargas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Though it has a slow start, Whalefall becomes a suspenseful and unique story of survival and loss. A young man dealing with the death of his father, whom he had a complicated relationship, ends up in a truly horrific survival scenario - trapped inside a sperm whale. 

Told in a third person stream of consciousness, Whalefall is a journey through the young man’s life before this, and how his relationships with his family brought him here. It is a bit tragic at times, and also gruesome in some ways as well. Jonah in the whale, this is not. It’s also very realistic and scientifically accurate. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Suicide

ventiristretto's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

• This story has sparked my curiousity and made me manically google details about diving at 2AM.
• Gripping read with clever and effective use of chapter names and one liners. 
• Made me cry and that does not happen often!

Also, manifesting this short story being a part of Love Death and Robots franchise at one point  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Violence, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jessrad505's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

restoller's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Definitely worth a re-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail