Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta

4 reviews

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Indir and Saya are both Dreamers who need to learn important lessons to find a way through the chaos that has started in their world. 

This was a fantastic first book that laid the foundation for what I hope will be an interesting series. It was a slow burn, but the story was written in a way that made me read until the end, by which point I was thinking “Oh no! It’s almost over!” There were a lot of names and characters, which I found hard to keep track of, but the story was rich and the world building was skillfully done. Looking forward to the next instalment! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Trafficking

Sacrifices, starvation.

z_thatsit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kwkich's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

  Told in dual perspective, the story follows two very different young women finding their way in an exceedingly changing world full of danger and uncertainty. A beautiful story of perseverance. Of loss. And of tragedy. But maybe most importantly of family; lost, found and made. The world building is vibrant with clear Mesoamerican influences, strong female leaders and unique fantasy elements and abilities. Descriptions of the Ilkan and the colors, vibrancy of Dreaming are some things that stick out the most in the end due to their fascinating descriptions and mesmerizing detail.

  My only grievance is the constant switching between character perspectives which makes the story feel a bit disjointed overall.  Each chapter leaves off with unresolved action, conflict or confusion; roughly 20 agonizing cliffhangers all told! But you can definitely feel the difference in characterizations, emotions, landscape. They are very well defined and whole. The best part is when this storytelling comes together in the end, bringing you to tears in the most beautiful way. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy