Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith

8 reviews

onequeerduck's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Listen, it was a 3 star book until the end because holy crap.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

doahdancer's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hecklaurac's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

starlit_pathways's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming and Bullying

downtown_kb's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Medical content

kat1105's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

selda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

Wow. I have never read anything like this. I can tell that this author is very unique. I LOVED this story. It’s more quiet and slow, but I loved that. You never find stories where characters just talk and build a relationship over many pages. It has a very death and the maiden/batb feel and that is my favorite trope. I loved how the author portrayed an immortal that actually felt like one. One who had been through everything and slowly unraveled throughout the story. It all just developed so organically it was a beautiful experience. I could have done without his other courtesans(unfortunately they are there throughout the story) but I can overlook it this time because of how amazing everything else was. If you love powerful god-like immortal gives everything for his girl this one is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, and Suicide attempt

rmills3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I loved reading this. The author has a way of creating plots that are so refreshing in their unpredictable. Truly riveting to read a book that keeps you guessing while still laying the groundwork to ensure it’s not a random plot twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death