Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke

7 reviews

sn8man's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

laurlala's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

World building was so delicious, I liked the characters and enjoyed the slow burn reveals of their backgrounds.

The plot was pretty stop-start at times but it was an enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Blood

shynerdish's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

This book was very drawn-out and boring; and I felt that there was a lot of telling and not a lot of showing. We were supposed to believe in the main character, but I found her to be very self involved and unrealistic. Also, I was excited to see a retelling of Beowulf from a feminist perspective, but most of the time it felt kind of forced to me. Overall, I couldn't connect with the characters or with the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Blood

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Ableism, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

_haggis_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Child death

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Slow at first but picks up quite a bit about 2/3 in. If you like stories mostly about a journey, inter/intra personal relations, and women/girls reclaiming their strength and power, this is a good one. There is also some grey/fuzzy morals of some side characters that makes them interesting if you like that in characters. But if you want a lot of action, a lot of fast paced plot, skip it. 
The only thing I thought was unnecessary was a romance at the end, but overall it was a book I enjoyed a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and War

ktrecs's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury