Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Blutbuch by Kim de l'Horizon

9 reviews

mo_bookshelves's review against another edition

challenging reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, and Abortion

Minor: Child abuse and Incest

insanebookperson's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, and Abortion

ienbdri's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

tinnuben's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Abortion, and Dysphoria

Minor: Incest and Rape

seulgireads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, and Abortion

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

lokes's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tab9's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring tense slow-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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Dementia

Moderate: Blood and Abortion

Minor: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Excrement

likerealpeople's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Abortion

Moderate: Transphobia, Blood, and Dementia

Minor: Incest, Miscarriage, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Excrement

clara_mai's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense

4.0

 Dieser Text gab mir oft das Gefühl, noch nie einen vergleichbaren gelesen zu haben, weil Kim so wunderbar queer mit der Sprache umgeht und dabei immer wieder ihre Möglichkeiten und Grenzen aufweist, ihre Binärität aber auch wie sich Räume jenseits davon in ihr schaffen lassen. Gleichzeitig habe ich an anderen Stellen immer wieder Ähnlichkeiten und Verbindungen - ob thematisch, formell, oder auf Ebene der Figurenkonstellation - zu anderen Werken gesehen. Hinsichtlich der fließenden Natur der Erzählung, die sich ähnlich der von Ursula K. Le Guin eingeführten Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction (auf welche sich Kim im Buch auch direkt bezieht) verhält, liegt diese Verbundenheit zu vorausgegangenen (und auch gleichzeitigen, nachfolgenden) Texten auch einfach in ihrem Innersten. Die autofiktionale Erzählfigur Kim verweist im Verlauf der suchenden und findenden Bewegung, die dieser Roman macht, auf eine Reihe von Schreibenden, darunter Silvia Federici, Annie Ernaux und Jacques Derrida. Ich möchte hier gerne eine Leseliste von Titeln erstellen, die mir aufgrund ihrer Verwandtschaft zu Blutbuch während dem Lesen in den Sinn gekommen sind und gleichzeitig als Empfehlungen basierend auf Blutbuch gelten können:

Bestiary
Herkunft
In the Dream House
Überseezungen
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
1000 Serpentinen Angst 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Child death, Eating disorder, Racism, Blood, and Medical trauma

Minor: Slavery, Forced institutionalization, and Lesbophobia