Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Gloam by Lily Mayne

15 reviews

tragicgloom's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

midnightstory's review

dark emotional sad 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

4.25

my heart fucking breaks for gloam :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, and Abandonment

fuzzywilson's review

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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism and Alcohol

inadequacyinabucket's review

emotional tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and War

hariboreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

Wow what an amazing read. Loved the love story of Adam and gloam. Adams willingness to do such risky things to free him and act so selflessly. Was a hard read in places due to the treatment of gloam by his captor. You learn a lot about the darker side of the wastes in this one and definitely some stomach churning moments. Top July read for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Violence, and Cannibalism

smuttymcbookface's review

adventurous 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

3.75

Although the start and middle of this book is just as good as it's predecessors, there's something about the latter half that was a bit of a let down.

I loved the backstory to Gloam; finding out, piece by piece, that he's a caring being who can't the situation he's in. It was Adam that I found a little too much.

Additionally, the epilogue for this one felt quite detached from the romance, and Gloam's retelling of his past would have fit better into one of the dialogues, such as when he was explaining things to Aury.

Despite all of this, it was still an adorable read (or reread in my case), and a solid 3.75/5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Violence and Murder

vania_alex's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Cursing, Hate crime, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

unsuccessfulbookclub's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-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

4.5

This is maybe the sweetest but also scariest in the series yet. I enjoyed the mix of raider camp and journey story lines and I loved how Rig and Gloam worked together to face all of the obstacles they encountered together. Gloam is the sweetest smartest boi and Rig is so happy and dedicated to him. Love love love.

The dystopian hellscape vibe is super strong in this and there are a lot of really gory scenes so just be ready. Lily doesn’t pull any punches with this installment. The body horror and blood/trauma is especially graphic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism

alisoun's review

adventurous dark emotional tense

5.0

I loved this one so much. Adam/Rig is truly selfless in his wish to help Gloam which is so true to him - we first see it with Aury. His motivation made perfect sense to me. 

I felt like sometimes things came to Adam too easily but on the other hand I also feel like he was actually good at being out in the wastes and just never got the chance to use the skills he definitely developed living in a raider camp. 

This is truly, so far, my fav book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism and Religious bigotry

slydew's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail