Reviews tagging 'Blood'

I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon

2 reviews

ni_kola's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Rape, War, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Genocide, Death, and Animal death

rachelwierick's review

emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I don’t usually like historical fiction but I love the legend of Anastasia, so I decided to give this book a try. I loved it. I ended up listening to the second half on audiobook because I wanted to keep listening while I couldn’t sleep, drove to work, etc. and finished in less than a day. This book is really well written and has a unique structure that keeps the reader engaged. One of the most tragic scenes is written about so beautifully, it’s not graphic but you know exactly what happens. Major kudos to Ariel Lawhon for that. I really enjoyed I Was Anastasia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture