Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake

23 reviews

mooandshoe's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

It’s a good book and well-written, just not exactly the type of book I usually go for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol

alyssapusateri's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Excrement, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape and Abortion

katherine_alexis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexism, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

kaylamoran's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

The first thing I'll say: this book is exceptionally graphic, so much more than I thought it would be.  There were a few times I found myself feeling a bit sick.
The story itself interested me more than I thought it would.  I loved Nora and Daniel, although Daniel was controlling in a way I didn't like.  I think he has a lot of personality flaws that I wish were addressed, and weren't.
The feminism was a bit outdated at times too, but I do bear in mind that it's a period piece.  However the phrase "I'm not like other girls" was said one too many times, in reference to the main female, who was into surgery instead of dresses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Pregnancy

cnowery's review against another edition

informative reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Medical trauma

meganpbennett's review

challenging informative slow-paced

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

1.0

The Girl in His Shadow is really, really, really hard to rate. There were parts of it that were excellent and other parts that were very much in the 'why bother reading or even writing this book.'

The book was very well-written and engaging, and gave a really good look at the time period. I found some of the medical scenes a bit too accurate. As it was period-accurate, there was a lot of misogyny directed at Nora, who was only trying to better herself professionally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

strangeeigenfunction's review

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

miggyfool's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Drug use

tina_reads's review

challenging hopeful informative reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.75

A bit too much about medicine for me, but I still enjoyed it. But I thought it was a standalone so I am pretty upset with the ending and I don’t think I’ll read the next one, at least not right now. Overall, I would say this deserves almost four stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Vomit

mayukiiq's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail