Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Raparigas Selvagens by Rory Power

229 reviews

abbiereadss's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

I find the book to be enjoyable. It was thrilling and fascinating, and I enjoyed reading it. Though slightly poorly executed, the idea and plot were excellent. There were parts that were unnecessary and felt hollow, and the writing lacked any real eerie feeling. It's written in a more direct and concise manner. The main character's friendships with her friends and her love interest are shallow. But other from that, I thought the novel was entertaining to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit, Suicide, Death of parent, and Gun violence

dielesemotte's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

Collecting my thoughts on this one is hard. I loved the characters and how real and flawed they were. I loved the writing style as well. There were so many sentences in there that were simple, but hit me so hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Vomit, Body horror, and Gore

nicosta_music's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I feel like Wilder Girls is being done a disservice by being marketed as Lord of the Flies but with girls. Both books involve one gender of schoolchildren being stuck on an island, but the similarities stop there. And speaking as someone who hated Lord of the Flies: thank god that they do. 

Wilder Girls was a truly exciting read -- the plot kept me hooked the entire way through, and the characters were interesting and engaging. I thought the world-building was interesting and the different twists were essential in continuously raising stakes throughout the book. I think my only complaint is that

the ending does feel a bit underwhelming. It sort of leaves the book open to a sequel, but not enough so that I felt it was a good ending. It reads more like the author just didn't know how to end the book so it was left ambiguous.

But besides that, I still thoroughly enjoyed Wilder Girls, and it definitely defied my expectations in a good way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Terminal illness, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Gun violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, and Confinement

Minor: Torture and Vomit

ame_why's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death of parent, and Body horror

sweetxsage's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Suicide, Death, and Chronic illness

brit0817's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I could not put this down. It was a wild story but very good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Blood

toasst's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

I really enjoyed the concept presented . I just wish we had more in the ending or at least an epilogue . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

whosgina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Child death, Gore, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Gun violence

patriciamcm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Animal death

alicroz34's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.0

This book had a bit of a rough start, but then I got very invested & read most of it in one sitting. 

I am SO MAD that there aren't more answers at the end. What did those papers say? Where are they going? Like dear god I can't find anything online suggesting a sequel but it's very much written to need one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Blood, Animal death, and Suicide

Moderate: Vomit