Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Night and Its Moon by Piper C.J.

13 reviews

chasinggrace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism

indigo_fox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I didn't enjoy this book like I thought I would. The characters were alright, but I feel like there were some problems there that just made it difficult to actually like them. I didn't find myself rooting for anyone, I just wanted it to be over. Honestly I should have just DNF'd the book. I had to push through a lot of the writing, it just wasn't something I could easily get pulled into. I'm curious what will happen next but not curious enough to pick up the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

fedoratheexplora's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death and Murder

cjblackwell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really like the plot and the characters. Pace was a bit slower than I'm used to, but I don't often read fantasy and opt for contemporary romance, so the pacing comes with the genre. Will continue onto the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content

court_reads_it_all's review against another edition

The first red flag in the book is the constant description of Amaris' white skin as pure and beautiful, while Nox, the only POC character, is the only one to be whipped. Additionally, Amaris romanticizes life as a farmer or noble man's wife, while Nox tries to protect her friend during a traumatic event. The writing style attempts to mimic Tolkien or C.S. Lewis but falls short, resulting in the book dragging on with chapters dedicated to mundane tasks. Overall, the book is disappointing and only receives one star despite being a gift and on my to-be-read list.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

iforgotilivedhere's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.25

I had fun with this. It’s not necessarily the most original fantasy book I’ve read but I still rather enjoyed it. I liked the characters for the most part. I see what Piper CJ is doing with this. SJM did the same with Throne of Glass which is start out slow and unoriginal and then EXPAND. I didn’t see the plot twist with Moirai coming and I didn’t see some of the other twists that Amaris had. I really want to see where this romance is gonna go because there’s so much potential! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

magic_multicolored_miracle's review against another edition

By this point in the book, not much had happened, and each chapter felt like it was building up to something, only for the next one to skip over it (and usually skip time). 
The author's flowery but repetitive descriptions also didn't help, as it felt like this section of the book could probably have been half as long and still conveyed the same amount of information.
From what I read, not a bad book, but not for me (might give it a second chance at another time) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Blood, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

amschelly153's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

It’s just gorgeous. I’m enraptured by the story and the characters, and I was sad for the story to end! But there will be more story, I just have to be patient haha.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

morchels's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

This high fantasy is fun and interesting. I'm curious about the characters and I'll probably read the next one. While the story was fun, I think the prose needs a lot of help. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, and War

sprossa's review against another edition

3.0

Oh where to begin? While the concept as a baseline for this story is really not bad, in fact I think it’s a pretty good concept, it’s execution definitely leaves you wanting. Obviously the editing issues are there, but past that there are some serious issues I take with the actual content. 

For one, how has the author created a matriarchal society where in the book she refers to men as the “lesser sex” and yet misogyny and sexism is central to the story? Amaris and Nox’s development and storyline as it stands could not have progressed in any way without rampant misogyny and blatant sexism. If you are going to create a universe that is matriarchal, then having misogyny and sexism present really doesn’t make any sense.

Second, the depiction of Nox. I understand the authors desire to create a diverse story and claim a POC main character. But for Nox to be the only fleshed out POC in the entire novel, and for her be consistently and horrifically abused and tokenized was a terrible choice. From the beginning Nox is aware of her standing as a token in the orphanage she lives in.

Then Nox is sold to a brothel where she is sexual assaulted daily! And the author decides to make her a succubus, insinuating that not only did she “need” the abuse to survive but that she enjoys is. This just plays into the jezebel stereotype that women of color face daily.

Nox ends up feeling like she was made to be a woman of color just to provide diversity points for the book. She wasn’t written with any understanding of the experiences of WOC and that makes her physical attributes feel like they only exist to be the darkness to Amaris’s lightness. 

If the author had taken the time to edit more thoroughly and engage sensitivity readers I think a lot of the controversy with this book could have been avoided. She had a solid idea and I would have been interested to see where the rest of the story goes, but as this book stands I couldn’t support this author and series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders