Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

128 reviews

bexs848's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Murder, Death of parent, Torture, Death, Slavery, Violence, Physical abuse, and Blood

lizzie24601's review

adventurous dark 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

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Child death, Genocide, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

sydapel's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad

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

4.25

My friends have such good taste in books! Listened to almost completely during a drive to and from Reno, this snatched my attention right from the beginning and didn't let go. Two things really work well in this for me. Firstly, while YA characters can often feel really one dimensional and unrealistic, all the characters in this feel like actual teenagers - flawed in their decision making, easily swayed by emotions and prone to snap judgements that have consequences later on. Secondly, the action in this never fails to underline both the collateral damage of life and how all of the violence the characters encounter is a direct byproduct of the oppressive regime they live under. Very excited to continue with this series, especially given the exciting conclusion! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Death of parent, Genocide, Torture, Death, Murder, Violence, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, Child abuse, Blood, Classism, Physical abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

Minor: Animal death and Sexual harassment

clarabooksit's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Xenophobia, Grief, Racism, Child death, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Death, War, Murder, Violence, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery

filosophicfoton's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, and Death

Moderate: War, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Torture

Minor: Genocide

ccaz's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Violence, and War

ethuiliel's review

challenging dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Death, Violence, Blood, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Racism, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Genocide, and Child death

Minor: Sexual content

celestial_bookdragon's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Murder, Torture, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Confinement, and Slavery

scarletthequeen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

I enjoyed the vast majority of this book, the last 1/5 was.. okay? It wasn’t bad I think I just didn’t like some character and plot choices in the last part of the story. However, the epilogue definitely made me want to read the sequel. Overall would recommend if you like fantasy, adventure, and characters that can never catch a break.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Blood, and Death

Minor: Sexual harassment