Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Radleys by Matt Haig

17 reviews

lottebluebird's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

Eine Geschichte gespickt mit schwarzem Humor und Vampiren. 
Sehr zu empfehlen 🧛🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Blood

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kathryn_summers_231's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I really like this book and read it in one weekend. It is a take on vampire ethics through a cute small town family. It has family drama, gore, and the struggles of modernity. Not your average vampire family but the set up is amazing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

timmi_prvt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Matt Haig is always a win.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Bullying

Minor: Drug use

m_a_j's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault

jefferz's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

On paper this book wasn't going to be my cup of tea as I am generally uninterested and detached from stories focusing on familial drama. While I struggled to stay invested for majority of the first 2/3 of the book, my patience was rewarded by the last 70 or so pages that surprisingly connect all the loose threads in such an explosive and exciting manner (rewarding endings seem to be a trend for me and Matt Haig novels). I was almost taken aback at how much action happens in such a short number of pages vs the rest of the novel that spent so much time setting the characters and pieces into place.

As other reviews that covered, the vampire elements and lore take a back seat to the drama and relationships between the Radley family members and suspicious neighbors in the quiet village of Bisthopthorpe, though they do have key moments that are integral to the plot. Would've rated the first 2/3 of the book 2 stars and the last 1/3 4 stars so we'll go with an average of 3.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Violence

_david_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

Barely anything in this book felt interesting to me. I didn't like any of the characters and their motivations, the plot was also easy to guess. The style of writing and the short chapters did make for an easy read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism

chlobobass's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: Death, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual harassment

ompot's review

Storyline is confusing and hard to follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

tjwolf's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore and Sexual harassment

georgiesutton's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.75

This is probably my favourite Matt Haig book I’ve read because I found I didn’t guess the plot and I found it quite refreshing and genuinely amusing without trying too hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death and Gore