Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Acércate by Sara Gran

81 reviews

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Vomit

inkdrinkers's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

I waffled back and forth about this book. I think it's done well for a thriller/horror in first person POV, but at the same time I found myself unhappy at the ending. It just fades to an end that seems so mundane for the story.

I will say the content in this book is incredibly heavy and homophobic slurs are used multiple times (often through the lens of the demon being horrific). It was an interesting but uncomfortable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse and Animal cruelty

This novella has a lot. Murder happens on page with lots of blood and gore. A child is almost drowned. Animals are hurt. Homophobic slurs are used multiple times.

rosesofthespring's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Alcohol, Confinement, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Classism, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Child death, Death of parent, and Excrement

It's a book about demonic possession, so there are are a lot of psychosis-esque symptoms, although the main character is not actually psychotic/schizophrenic. This book may be triggering to readers with psychosis, especially those with religious delusions.

leenieh's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Violence

strawberryswirl's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Homophobia

madisonhh666's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Grief

ohhthehorrors's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Murder, and Violence

raechel's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I wasn't entirely sure what I was getting into with this book, but it's such a fast read without feeling like it was rushed.

This is a bleak story about possession.  This woman slowly realizes she's being taken over by a demon and... that's really what the whole thing is about.  There are definitely some distressing themes and scenes in this so if you're sensitive to some issues be sure to check out a trigger warning list for the novel.

I'll also say that the ending was

more bleak than I usually like my endings, but this felt like a proper puzzle piece fit and Naamah was just so powerful that I don't know how else it could have ended.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Sexual content, and Forced institutionalization

samanyana's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this. Nearly a perfect book for me. Creepy and tense. It would have been five stars in not for the unnecessary f-slur in the first chapter. Also if it had been more gay tbh.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia

use of the f-slur.

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Sexual content, Mental illness, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Violence, and Toxic relationship