Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Drift by C.J. Tudor

44 reviews

luminousbluebells's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gore, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

kthrasher's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bigcandle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was an impulse buy - I went to order a new book from my local, and saw The Drift. Really loved The Chalk Man and I do love me some apocalypse stuff.

This was a very fun read. Tudor is so good at keeping you on your toes by pulling you in and out of different plot points by switching point of view or time period. I read it in a day on my train ride, and I'm glad I did! 

I think it was, at times, a bit overwhelming how many characters were packed into the scenarios, and how similar a lot of their modes of speaking were. This improved with time but, overall, a bit more diversity could have made things more interesting. Having read two of her books, I'm noticing Tudor definitely has a preference for sort of moody, emotionally dysfunctional, often analytical, traumatised characters who don't have much time or sympathy for others around them. They're flawed characters and purposefully so, but it would be good to see a bit more range in personality. Meg and Hannah's characters did develop and become more well rounded as things unfolded.

I really did not buy Carter as his age. Sean behaved much younger, more controlled, more thoughtful and brave, while Carter came off like a disgruntled and awkward teenager most of the time. It was just a bit jarring, and I couldn't help but picture Carter as an early twenty year old

Overall - fucking fun and a good bit of horror sci-fi. It's fucked up, action-packed and very tense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Incest, Rape, and Slavery

_thugbug_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexism

k_a_t_y's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death and Cursing

Minor: Animal death, Racism, and Vomit

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

matthewosborne's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was an entertaining and interesting read but I’m not sure I quite enjoyed the structure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

corikane's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

thursdd4y's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

chainsawheartbooks's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Damn! There’s more twists and turns in this than a goddamn maze, and I loved it! 

The story is separated into three different narratives and all of them have different strengths, and sometimes weaknesses. But even when I was less fussed about that particular narrative I still wanted to keep reading to find out what happened. 

This book isn’t a typical dystopian horror, there’s so much to it, and although a part of me suspected certain things, I still had way more questions than answers until the end. 

I never expected to get through this as fast as I did, but I just couldn’t put it down. 

Perfect for a blustering, cold winter night, when the wind is whistling and you just can’t seem to shift that chill in your bones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault