Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

52 reviews

koltsovasvl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The book was really captivating, especially from the ship wreck moment. Just a couple of pages in the end turned everything over and left me wondering. Definitely recommend, if you’re looking for something adventurous and a bit dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, and Death

sonlight21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book was very interesting. I enjoyed the beginning but the farther I got the darker and more gruesome it went. I can understand how this reflects the descent of the mind as a survivor stranded on the ocean will do anything just to live but it was very hard to read. The end is very disturbing and I skimmed over most of the second story Pi tells. 

It is truly an interesting book but please be aware of the content warnings and go in expecting some weird, challenging and dark things. 

Another note is I did not enjoy or appreciate how this book portrayed religion or Christianity. It seems to be written by someone who has studied religion form the outside but never been apart of it and does not understand it nor believe in God.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Dysphoria, Excrement, Medical trauma, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

kayamckergow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cannibalism, Animal death, Blood, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

madinhoa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-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: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Animal death, Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Medical content, Gore, Grief, Excrement, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

lovelyannalee's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cannibalism, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Death of parent

tonibaloni97's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

A creative and symbolic story but it kind of droned on and on and was a little too graphic at times for my taste

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Blood, Death, Animal death, Death of parent, and Grief

lauren_holtry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

sternchenauge's review against another edition

2.0

I enjoyed parts of this book and some parts even made me chuckle. But overall it was way to gory and graphic for, making me feel nauseous multiple times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Excrement, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Blood, and Gore

bronzeageholly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, and Vomit

mary's review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Confinement, and Death of parent