Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Mrs. March by Virginia Feito

9 reviews

benevolentruler's review

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

Never tapped "it's complicated" so much in a review before. The MC is at once, relatable and despicable. She's deeply troubled and the book is an unsettling slow-burn for this reason. Yet it's also captivating and propulsive. I had such a good time with this book; had me audibly tsk-ing, laughing, snorting, and uh oh-ing throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Murder, Rape, Animal death, and Violence

lotoblanco's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Blood, and Body shaming

Moderate: Dementia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cursing

mermaidsherbet's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Cursing, Abandonment, Ableism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Rape, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infertility, and Misogyny

julia20y3's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

feebles640's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

linguaphile412's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Infidelity, and Gore

Minor: Alcohol

lianne_rooney's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Violence

lexslittlelibrary's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Looking solely at the dust jacket blurb for Mrs. March, I thought it was more of a modern murder mystery story. (I bought it on sale at B&N and told my mom she could read it after me because it seemed up her alley too—I retracted that offer!) 

While I personally have found I’m not crazy about psychological thrillers like this, I can appreciate that it is well written.

However, the third person narration left me wanting more…

  I would have liked to have heard more from other characters’ perspectives, specifically the experiences they were having alongside Mrs. March, especially people like Martha or the upstairs neighbor.

Overall, it was a solid read. Not one I’ll revisit, but not one that will slip out of my memory anytime soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Fatphobia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Vomit, Violence, and Racism

kbea88's review

challenging dark tense slow-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

2.75

A very slow process to find out what we all suspected in the beginning:

Mrs. March is unhinged, and George ain’t shit.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Gaslighting