Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Lemon: A Novel by Kwon Yeo-sun

8 reviews

booksandbabble's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Cancer and Eating disorder

tristinrose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Violence, Death, Eating disorder, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Cancer

Minor: Sexual assault

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Grief, Death, Misogyny, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Child death, Classism, Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Ableism, Body shaming, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape and Pedophilia

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

internationalreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Classism, Death, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Grief, Kidnapping, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Violence, and Mental illness

thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Terminal illness

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

This is a book about the people left behind after a horrific unsolved murder.
  
Each chapter has a different narrator in a different time after the murder. They tell of the anger, dispair, sadness, and so many more emotions that the characters feel because of the incident.
  
It does become confusing with each chapter as the narrators aren't obvious. But Lemon is a beautiful and emotional story that will get to you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Grief, and Kidnapping

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-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

4.5

"Lemon" is a novel that revolves around a murder, but finding the identity of the perpetrator (who is pretty obvious right from the start) isn't really the goal. The book describes the way the murder affects the surviving characters and the ways they construct their own actions and see themselves. I’d have rated it 5 stars but there were some aspects of describing the girl who was murdered that are pivotal to the plot but I found them really grating. Overall though, if you like true crime or crime novels (though this isn't really a thriller) I think you will enjoy this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Ableism, Rape, and Stalking