Reviews tagging 'Blood'

These Violent Delights. Gwałtowne pasje by Chloe Gong

359 reviews

jessiereads98's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.75

Overall this was really enjoyable. A unique take on Romeo and Juliet, but maybe the best one I’ve read in being both recognizable and tolerable. Chloe Gong successively captures the atmosphere of the setting. There does seem to be the occasional anachronism, but nothing glaring or intolerable. Juliette came off as the badass heroine that YA stories often strive for without seeming flat or cringey. My biggest criticism would be that this is definitely overwritten in parts. There’s many instances where the prose could be simplified and tightened up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Classism, Blood, Colonisation, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Death of parent, Medical content, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Police brutality, Child death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

cyndi1966's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Violence, and Toxic relationship

rae42's review against another edition

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

2.75

Seems to be missing a pre quel and seems like the fantasy element was only added to try and fix a plot hole 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Classism, Gun violence, Death of parent, Gore, Violence, Drug use, Colonisation, Death, and Murder

ashbreadin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Transphobia and Blood

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Death, Child death, and Self harm

Moderate: Body horror, Animal death, Classism, Blood, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Drug use, and Violence

amelias_library_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

the beginning was slow but it got better towards the middle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Classism, and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia and Homophobia

latashman's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Suicide

readsbymoonlight's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Colonisation

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

i enjoyed this more than i thought i would. i liked the modern retelling of romeo and juliet, &

that they already had a past & were aged up so it was a new take, despite it being obvious they’d end up together.

majority of the plot was predictable with a few unexpected twists in there. quite political; so took me a little longer to get into it but was relevant to the story. i liked some of the side characters, they added depth to the story and it was left in a way that i want to read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, War, Xenophobia, Murder, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Alcohol, Bullying, Racism, and Grief

anjasfairylights's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Stumbled upon Chloe Gong while doing some research for uni and was immediately caught up in her books so I decided to get the first one. I really liked it, especially the story settled in 1920s Shanghai - this is not something you find in your everyday‘s fantasy novel and it worked out very well. I enjoyed the dynamics of the two protagonists, even though sometimes it was a bit hard to keep track of all the secrets, intrigues etc. Also I didn‘t quite get the building of the chapters where one perspective chased the other, but I got used to it eventually. Definitely gonna get the second volume.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

Moderate: Gun violence and Racism