Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling

19 reviews

kvmiller623's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

2.75

The author made it seems like men are the root of all evil but they still mostly won in the end in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Murder

24carrotgay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

Camp Zero begins as a disjointed story told from three vastly different perspectives in a dystopian world we know next to nothing about. It ends as an expertly woven masterpiece that explores identity, family, patriarchy, exploitation, and ethics in a world ravaged by capitalism, climate crisis, and technology. I was more and more hooked as I gathered little nuggets of information throughout the story from each perspective. By the end,  I had the entire picture, and it is utterly human. This book is profound in a deeply humbling and real way. Here’s hoping for a sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: Child death

colorwired's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I was interested in this book throughout but it felt like there was no ending. I assume that was the intention but so much was left unsaid that I feel like I only read a fraction of a book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lpdx'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Racism, and Death of parent

jenn_reads's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Prostitution

amd2001's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

Not what I would typically pick up. This book was very interesting and made me think a lot about the future of the US, society, and the planet. The book started off kind of flow and the moved super quick at the end. I’m still not really sure what I think about the book over all. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

zombiezami's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

Some of the plot lost me, but I liked the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Incest and Fire/Fire injury

kaykaysbookshelf's review against another edition

3.5

What to expect: global warming survivors, multiple povs, men suck

This dystopian novel was an interesting read! It took me a while to get invested in the story and understand what was happening. The three povs was interesting and around the 75% mark was when they peaked. I also appreciated the way they ended up intersecting. I was shoveling snow while listening to the audiobook and it def added to the cold winter setting, recommend doing that if you can lol

Overall, I wish the ending was less open-ended but I enjoyed the story.

Spice: strong themes surrounding sex, but any actual scenes are written more romantically/lyrically. Romance is not a focus in this story. Check content notes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault and Blood

amsswim's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

This book was not bad, I just don't think it was anything outstanding. Anything above a 3 is still worth a read if you're interested, in my opinion. If the author's intent was for me to be mostly bored and hate every man in this book it was achieved. Then the story I did like following, the WHite Alice plot, was generally ignored until 2/3 of the way through. I think overall Rose's story was the best written though. I could've just read a book about her experiences, which she was definitely the main character. Ending was alright but a pain to get to. The themes of climate change and folies of men are good, and I love a dystopian always (this was more of a pre-dystopian in my opinion).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

prosenheim's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Car accident, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty and Blood