Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

28 reviews

courtsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Genocide, Medical trauma, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, War, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Islamophobia, Animal death, and Dementia

owleyes's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Dementia

kikicochrane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.5

Not quite up there to make this read a 4 star rating, but I enjoyed the story telling of Nao and her struggles. Part four of the book lost me as there was just too much happening in a short amount of time compared to the rest of the novel, it felt too rushed. The pockets of life lessons from Jiko and her and Nao's relationship touched me, and I was relieved that Nao had a responsible adult there for her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Dementia, Grief, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

kateschu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cursing, Rape, Sexual content, Trafficking, Vomit, Violence, and Death

katesigrist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Death, Dementia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Genocide, Gore, and Gun violence

roisinkav's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• 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: Bullying and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Minor: Blood and Alcoholism

hannah_sakura's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Vomit, and Animal death

pigeonsjones's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Genocide, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Blood, Grief, and Animal death