Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Hang The Moon by Jeannette Walls

2 reviews

redheadorganist's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Blood, Classism, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Alcoholism, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Alcohol, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Cancer

Moderate: Grief, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility

kimveach's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I had read reviews that raved about this book, so I was expecting to love it.  I liked the story, but it didn't meet my expectations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Grief, Incest, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Child death, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence