Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Das begabte Kind by Juno Dawson

57 reviews

frankieclc's review against another edition

3.0

you know in films or tv shows where you see obvious ad placement ? thats what reading this book felt like, sooooo many name drops . were they necessary????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual content

ridesthesun's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring reflective tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

pierrereads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Transphobia and Blood

atamano's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

lorriss's review against another edition

emotional mysterious

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Abortion, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

courtnoodles's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Outing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Deadnaming, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

wishbea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

A gripping storyline all the way through with highly emotive themes and dynamic characters. The plot was intriguing and difficult to predict, the magic system was fun to learn about and I loved how it was linked to nature. 

It was wonderful to read a fantasy story from the perspective of adult women, where many of them have kids/kid charges and it's an accomplishment that the children were all dynamic characters and not frustrating to read about or detrimental to the plot in a way they sometimes are. Themes of motherhood and found family are very strong here.

The romances and friendships all felt organic to me and I was definitely rooting for the budding new romance in the book.

The trans storyline was by far the strongest and was what made this book 5 stars for me, it used a great many talking points I've heard from trans people, allies and TERFs so it was bone chilling how accurate to real life the arguments the characters were having felt.

We also get POC characters and lesbian characters, but their struggles were sidelined somewhat and I am hoping they will get their chance to shine in the next book.

I'm glad the second book is out because I can't wait to read it and find out where these characters go next.

Edit: After reading the second book I've changed my rating to 4 stars as I realised the ending to this book destroys multiple characters storylines and is partially responsible for book 2 being disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

laurataylor's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

shellroch285's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

-Written by trans woman!!
-Dialogue seemed a little eh sometimes, but fine for the most part
-Depiction of witchcraft not always historically accurate (ik it’s fiction, but I also find that really interesting since I studied the history of witchcraft a bit this past semester)
-Adhered to gender binary a lot (did mention genderfluid/queer people a little bit)
-Brought up valid discussions about how to dismantle white supremacy within societal systems
It took about 70-100 pages for me to get invested, but once I was in, I was in!! Glad to read something so pro-trans, especially since Pride will be here very soon :))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Blood

Minor: Ableism and Death

As mentioned, there is a character who one character will not necessarily deadname but frequently use the wrong set of pronouns for them.