Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Les Oiseaux du temps by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

372 reviews

dreadspawn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

melist6's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Death

skillyillian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I expected this to be way harder to understand, based off of what everyone else has said about it, but honestly??? It wasn't that difficult to parse out what was happening. The prose is beyond stellar. I loved every minute of this. It was like extended slam poetry. The narrators for the audiobook did a phenomenal job. Just the right amount of romance, mystery, time travel, wordplay, horniness, betrayal, scifi nonsense, and more. Loved it. Loved loved loved. The description of the place Red goes at the end had me scratching my head but in that scifi way where you just go with it because trying to picture it simply won't work if you're sober.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

alyssaakdefusco's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I like the concept of this book. Unfortunately it felt like I was dropped into a crazy time bending sci Fi universe that I never understood. I think the point of the book is the relationship that develops between the two characters - the letter writing device is clever for this - but the rest of it was very confusing and the language was too flowery for me. It was a fast read, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

suhair's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol

THE LESBIANS LIVE

gotnoculture's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Blood, and War

Minor: Gore, Murder, and Pregnancy

asafekindofhigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ye_li's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement

embersbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was a fucking masterpiece - I am nearly speechless.  I thought I would read this book in a day, maybe two when I picked it up last weekend.  
However, I found myself savoring it in bits and pieces this week.  
Would I have read it so slowly had I not been so busy/tired?  No. 😂  
But it really allowed the book to sink in.  

The prose and writing is so gorgeous and lush - poetic even.  I used so many tabs marking beautiful passages.  
Watching this love story unfold across time and space was a privilege to witness, and the twist at the end was so deliciously unexpected.  
I would recommend this book to anyone - it is a wonderful adventure, and a moving love story.  Mohtar and Gladstone masterfully wove an epic of ages - I only wish there was more to read!  
Red and Blue were truly like dance partners, drawing us in and out of a tale that just leaves you savoring what is and also hungry for more.  
Truly a breathtaking book - read it and thank me later!😉🤗

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

The stuff mentioned is brief and not overly graphic. But it is there, so just including it - I didn’t find the book difficult to stomach, and I am a very sensitive reader.

christinewonder's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail