Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Odyssey by Lara Williams

6 reviews

flashandoutbreak's review

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Confinement, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

grunbean's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It’s an interesting read for sure. I had no trouble engaging with it, and I found the darkness and humour I was expecting in parts. For me, it feels like it’s missing something to really pull it together. The ending was disappointing. Though it is a fun and eerie read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

brnczv's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcoholism, Blood, Self harm, and Vomit

froggybex's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

UGH THIS BOOK <333

it was such a weird little book. cultish, late stage capitalism (a cult in itself), unlovable/unreliable/unstable MC. incredible. 

mainly vibes over plot but still it was an amazing little book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Self harm, Violence, Classism, Medical content, Misogyny, Vomit, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infertility and Pregnancy

Minor: Abandonment

sinceslicedbread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

You don’t know how many times I annotated “WTF” in this book. A lot of the characters seem definitely autistic coded and neurodivergent in some way, so I found myself relating to Ingrid, but a lot of her choices left me cringing. There were times I had to set down the book, because of how weak my knees were (the finger thing). 
I do enjoy books about mundane everyday life, so that element was what fills most of the 3 stars. Don’t expect to like any of the characters though. 


“Deliciously unpredictable” was spot on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Blood, and Vomit

mollyolloxenfree25's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, and Vomit