Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

255 reviews

mary_stormageddon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

I loved this book. LOVED it! I have completely fallen in love with Alex, Dawes, Turner, Tripp, and Darlington. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Police brutality, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

mitchelldavis1997's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Animal death, Blood, Addiction, Body horror, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

jesshart8's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

jeggert10's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Abandonment, Racism, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Police brutality, Classism, and Confinement

Minor: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

frawst_disasta_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I have read this book three times.  I absolutely love this book.  Alex brings us back to Yale.  She’s now Dante.  Sure, she still presides over rituals.  But she’s focused on saving Darlington.

And that’s this book.  A book about what lengths a person will take to save someone else and the maybe just maybe a person will go too far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

pikkumarja's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

En ymmärrä, miten tämä sarjan kakkososa kalpenisi ensimmäiselle. Oikeastaan pidän tästä yhtä paljon! Tässä kirjassa on paljon arvoituksia, juonittelua ja ihaninta found family -materiaalia ikinä. Tykkään todella paljon tällaisista dark academy -estetiikalla ja -tunnelmalla ratsastavista fantasiakirjoista.

Pidän erityisesti siitä, miten hyvän ja pahan rajapintaa käsitellään. Voiko kahdessa paikassa ja kahdessa roolissa elää yhtä aikaa?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Torture, Sexual violence, and Drug use

Minor: Vomit

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

caitkrar's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Police brutality, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Murder, Animal death, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Grief

szuum's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Classism, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

Minor: Drug use and Suicide attempt

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I still really enjoyed this book, but the major themes differed greatly from what I loved and what intrigued me in the first book. This book was less dark academia/Yale and secret society lore, which I missed. And while the plot had plenty to twists and turns, some parts were slow and I didn’t really see where the book was going. This book takes the series in a different direction than the first, and I’m not sure if I will like that direction as much as the first book. Though I’m excited to read more in the series and see how it goes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Cursing, Violence, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Body horror

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Animal death, and Medical content