Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Du bist so schön, sogar der Tod erblasst: Roman by Akwaeke Emezi

183 reviews

binevolentbookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

sarahmcg's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.5

How did I read this book and end up cheering for the messy af FMC and the dad???

I guess for as much as I love a trope-filled rom-com, I can also really appreciate a complicated lit-fic love story, romance but also an exploration of grief, friendship, and art/creativity.

Read this if you love MESS, taboo/forbidden/age gap romance, finding love after loss, complicated FMC. 

The writing was very beautiful; poetic, with gorgeous descriptions of the tropical island mountain home, art, music, and food. This was my first read by Emezi and it won’t be my last.

The only critique I have is I totally understood the emotional connection that Feyi and Alim formed, but for some reason I still had a little bit of difficulty with the believability of their chemistry (not sure if it was maybe the age gap or something else?) - but overall I’d give 4.5⭐️

I want a book about Joy!!!

CW/TW: discussions of loss of spouse (in past but discussed throughout - 1) car accident 2) drowning), sexual content, descriptions of blood, domestic incident.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Blood

lay_kone's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

ali1311's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

This book was not only beautifully written but such a unique story. Heartbreaking and heartwarming--it had it all! I loved the depictions of food and art, and the whole thing felt very physical. As in, I could taste the foods, feel the emotions, see the scenery, all that. It was really visceral while also having beautiful prose, so I have no choice but to award it the ole 5 stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Death of parent

tamaramo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

alfalky's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

amfiallo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

hi_its_micah's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Biphobia

tosleepperchancetoread's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

2.5

I wish I could’ve given this book a higher rating. The descriptions of the food and the art and the sights and sounds were amazing. But everything else was just… meh. The MC drove me quite mad. And although there is depth to the connection between the main character and love interest, I couldn’t find myself rooting for them. If this was a dark romance then I would love the tropes but this just felt cringey at some parts.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Death

Minor: Blood

liss_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A beautiful reflection of grief, and how it can be used

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Car accident

Moderate: Death and Blood