Reviews tagging 'Blood'

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

60 reviews

usually_sleep_deprived's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ocean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

maddy_rose21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-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? Yes

3.75

I had a consistent state of confusion while reading. Very good, very interesting story. But I feel like I never had a grasp at what was happening at any point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

cmcryst's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Colonisation

melodykmtx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol

sofipitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

I REALLY loved this. I've read 3 other books by Gaiman and never really got why he was so popular, I thought they were good but not great. But to me this was great. It felt like reading an adult Percy Jackson (just no greek/roman pantheon which I admire) and Gaiman captures America better than any other book or movie or anything. If anyone wants to know what America is like, I'd hand them this. The plot is so expertly crafted and I have to give a BIG shout out to the way Gaiman wrote Laura. The summary mentions she dies early on and I kind of assumed that the fridged wife would be Shadow's "tragic man pain story" but Laura is so much more important and relevant to the plot and conplicated than a martyred wife. This book really defied a lot of my expectations of what it would be like and it was excellent

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism

chillreads2's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Pedophilia

madradstarchild's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

spellygirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.5

It was ok. Almost DNF'ed it, and won't read again Would consider not reading it if you're sensitive to animal death etc, as I am. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Blood, Cannibalism, and Car accident