Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

4 reviews

carmentxx's review

challenging emotional sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

wow. what a book. a sweeping scope of recent chinese history. don’t get me wrong, it’s really long. it’s hard to get through. but my god, the mystical dream like writing is so reminiscent of how traumatising it must have been to live through years and years of systematic gaslighting oppression. it’s a very special book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Confinement, War, and Police brutality

Moderate: Suicide

riozul's review

emotional reflective tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Suicide, and Police brutality

Moderate: Classism, Death, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Blood, Child death, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

lyd41's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Best historical fiction book i have ever read. Worth the lengthy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Police brutality, Genocide, War, Hate crime, Deportation, Cursing, Violence, Physical abuse, Mass/school shootings, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Death, Blood, Child death, and Cancer

sisforsony's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, War, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent