Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

59 reviews

horrorandscience's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Suicide, and Blood

cillefish's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Violence

domsbookden's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

bkwrm1317's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Middle of the line read for me. While I enjoyed the pacing and felt like this was a quick page turner, I didn't feel like the plot lines really resolved themselves/the sci fi space horror element really did enough for me. 

For example, the extraterrestrial sentience just... didn't matter in the end? There's no resolution for our protagonist with her family really? The weird moments of love interest don't turn into anything, even a major plot point?

This one was just not as good as the first novel, but I know the sophomore novel can be really challenging, and have a lot of respect for S.A. Barnes and the craft! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

emilyatoz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Terminal illness, and Violence

michelle_etc's review

medium-paced

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

3.5

Extra 1/2 star for the anti-capitalist bits.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

ejjuchau's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Colonisation

adrilynn21's review

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lv_'s review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

I really loved the story. It was creepy, interesting, and dealt with many issues we face today — just in space. There are some style and tone discrepancies that are distracting. Also, the world building is lacking a bit. It’s unclear whether Earth still exists or if it’s a new Earth, and some of the mentions of space stations are confusing. I wish the epilogue was a bit longer and had some more information in it. All in all, I’d still recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Violence, and Blood

shedevls's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Dementia, and Alcohol