Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

201 reviews

frankiebee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content

corsetedfeminist's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-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

I don't even know how to begin to write this. 

Genuinely, I haven't been this affected by and in love with a book series in ages. 

I'll try really hard to write a spoiler free review as I normally do. 

Often second books in a trilogy are a bit slow and just setting up the third book. Not this one. This book is strong and twisty and emotional all by itself. I laughed, I cried, 1 yelled at Sel..... 

Bree continued to make her space as one of my new favorite FMCs, and I love the way she is allowed to be kind of a hot mess and actually struggle for much of the book while still being strong and loved. One again, the last couple of chapters broke me, in the best way, as we watched her truly claim her power for herself. 

I liked how we saw even more of Nick's courage and fire in this, while letting him continue to be Bree's safe space. 

(Yes, this made the ending worse. No I am not okay.) 

Sel's development in this book was extremely well done, and I literally cried when he held Bree together but also I wanted to strangle him for so much of the book because of some of his other choices. He is the illusive actually morally grey character everyone wants, but also just a traumatized baby. 

Also, this is probably the first time l've actually cared about a love triangle and genuinely don't know how I want it to turn out. And a straight love triangle at that. My lesbian ancestors are ashamed of me. 

The side characters continue to be a highlight of these books. Especially Alice and William. But really, William. I love him so much. I also enjoyed some of our new side characters, especially Valec, Hazel, and Lu, as well as Mariah's increased role. 

Also, that plot twist with Arthur? My word. 

Also, I want to give mention again to the expert handling of racism and the history of slavery in these books. So often books use those issues and stories just for fake depth, but this series is so much more, and I can't explain it. 

I thought I knew what the plot would be going into this book, and I most certainly did not. It was, instead, about 500 times better. These two books together have rewritten my soul, and I apparently have to function now? And cope? 

And wait for the naw hank?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, War, and Classism

lisettemarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

piprigsby's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

i think i will officially read anything tracy deonn writes. also william was right when he said that bree and sel are going to give him a heart attack because oh my god. i was hyperventilating during this book because these children are always in trouble!! i loved the end with bree coming into her powers and i'm very interested to see where the third book goes!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery and Stalking

i put slavery as a moderate tag just because of volition and how it's been reclaimed by ancestors who were enslaved

chaleyah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

mj_86's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Blood

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Colonisation

julie2525's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Car accident

peachani's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Racism, Slavery, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death, Rape, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

xo_babs_ox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I think my biggest complaint is it’s a YA novel and I’m not YA. I liked the characters more in the first book. However, when

Arthur possessed Bree

the slap in the face connecting what colonization truly is at its core was a brilliant bit of writing. From this part forward I was hooked, unfortunately this happened at like chapter 60 of 62 (estimate).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Grief

hayreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

Got this book on a whim bc it was cheap. Was pleasantly surprised, though I'm getting really tired of Bree making an irrational decision and then immediately facing the consequences. I'm not sure if she's made one good choice through both books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail