Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

17 reviews

velvet_young's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Racial slurs, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Medical content, and Medical trauma

bookchatwithbeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, and Suicide

mahitdzmare's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

4.25

False advertising to call this a wlw romance bc the book absolutely examines how Frannie should’ve stayed the fuck away from Marguerite bc that white woman’s hypocrisy ruined Frannie’s life. Amazing and solid  storytelling of racism, slavery, and black womanhood in colonial Britain however. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Blood, Medical trauma, Slavery, Racism, Drug use, and Abortion

Moderate: Sexual content and Rape

flashandoutbreak's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Miscarriage, Murder, Racism, Addiction, Death, Rape, Abandonment, Blood, and Medical content

booksjessreads's review against another edition

dark informative sad

• 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? It's complicated

4.0

I read this a while ago but I remember really enjoying it. It was a very thoroughly told story which had convincing character descriptions and telling of events. I felt the story was very emotional in parts and I did feel very connected to Frannie. I think the story is well worth the read and I would definitely re-read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Colonisation, Blood, Slavery, Torture, Racial slurs, Murder, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

becca9849's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Addiction, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Abortion, Suicide, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, and Rape

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Addiction, Blood, Miscarriage, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Classism, Domestic abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Confinement, Incest, Murder, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Torture

nadia's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

The Confessions of Frannie Langton is a rich, slowly unfolding read. Themes of race and slavery in the 19th Century, combined with the current of tension and mystery running throughout sustained my interest, though I didn't find the book having as much of an emotional impact as I hoped it would. A few times I found myself struggling to follow the motivations and goals of certain characters' and wishing for the pace to pick up a teeny bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Racism, Slavery, Drug abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

not sure how i feel about this. the writing was very easy to read and made the whole reading experience quite easy, which is a huge plus, since the subject matter was quite hard. i thought the idea of the story really interesting and there were some interesting moments. the plot was completely wild and unpredictable. but i felt like the character was not well fleshed out, which made some of beliefs/actions just seem unrealistic/out of character/just random? i don't know how to explain it but i didn't really believe the character at times. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, and Violence

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A very well-researched unfolding story. Maybe the writing style wasn't quite my favorite. But great for reflecting on parallels between the anti-slavery movement Brits of then and the the Black-square-posters of today - both finding social justice trendy, but not really looking to commit to actionable change.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Addiction, Medical content, Racism, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Slavery, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Blood, Classism, Miscarriage, Murder, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Grief, Infertility, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty and Child death

If reading about babies and birth upsets you in any way, this book may not be for you.