Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

122 reviews

chloebear21's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

metaphorsandmisc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Animal death, Blood, Addiction, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Cursing

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Bullying, Death of parent, Confinement, Sexual violence, Homophobia, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

bookscatsandtats's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Animal death, Death of parent, Gore, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Homophobia

Moderate: Sexual content

porshainielsen's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

4.5

4.5 rounded down. 

This really took me by surprise. High vampire fantasy that is quite adult in nature. Truly non-stop action throughout the entire book. I have seen some reviewers talk about how this is an "average" vampire story. Huh?? What are ya'll reading? The way this is written is unique in the way that it is Gabe telling his story, which at first can make it a little confusing. It does remind me of The Last of Us and the relationship between Ellie and Joel. 

Speaking of reviews, there are a lot of complaints about how women are treated in this book. I typically hate misogyny written into novels, but that was a part of this reading experience. I am not sure what people expected out of a high fantasy novel taking place in a monastery where the women are forced to be nuns. Although the misogyny is obviously wrong, it is no different than what it is in Game of Thrones or The Witcher. Not every fantasy book needs a feminist protagonist to be entertaining. And actually, there was some good feminist commentary regarding Dior and their gender identity. I will say the underage sex will was a little tough. There was no reason for them to be sixteen, the author could have easily made the character eighteen and the impact would be the same. I will say that there is similar content in other books and they do not receive the same amount of hate as this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Homophobia

malreadsthebooks'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

4.75

Masterful writing. Hilarious and truly epic insults. Great storyline with twists and turns and depth and character development. Original and imaginative and dark and tragic and beautiful. Wonderful Witcher vibes. Super gory and graphic, be warned

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Addiction, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Drug use, and Gore

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and War

Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

bev3203's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Addiction, Murder, Violence, Gore, Cursing, Blood, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Bullying

cici2's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, War, and Violence

Minor: Death, Alcohol, and Cursing

rileyrhey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Child death, Violence, War, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gore, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

kbc_dino's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

5.0

An enjoyable ride from start to finish. I can't wait until the next one!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Child death, Drug use, Bullying, Alcohol, and Child abuse

Minor: Outing, Grief, Homophobia, Classism, Religious bigotry, and Torture

whackettreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Drug use, Outing, Murder, Blood, Drug abuse, Animal death, Body horror, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content