Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

32 reviews

bamfling's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Blood

aformeracceleratedreader's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

Oh I liked this a lot! I will def be reading the second one. It started a little slow but it picked up and kept my interest. 
I loved the world and the characters. I need to know what will happen with everyone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Murder

cdoubet's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Violence, Genocide, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Hate crime, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Confinement, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Car accident, Medical content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, and Self harm

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Self harm, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Chronic illness

spicks's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

What this book does really well is an incredibly rich world steeped in folklore and magic, with a plot that will keep you guessing until the very end. The characters are wonderful - Malik is such a sweet “soft boy” (in the best way) and I loved the way the author deals with his anxiety and panic attacks. Karina was also brilliant and I felt like we really got to understand her and her depth of character. 

There was a romantic subplot but it was quite minor in this book I think - maybe book 2 will explore that more? 

Where it lost half a point for me is it was just very slow to start. It took me a long time to read the first half, but I stuck it out because I was also in a bit of a reading funk and it was partially a “me problem”. it really picked up in the second half. I devoured the last 150-200 pages so quickly. 

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to read this book, this is your sign!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Mental illness

annorabrady's review

challenging dark tense 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? Yes

3.0

Karina's story and narration are both engaging and worth reading. Malik's, though, is hard to enjoy. I like the way that his struggles with anxiety are handled. But I struggle with connecting to his story enough to want to hear his POV. And his POV made the romance between him and Karina impossible to care about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Murder, Animal cruelty, Child death, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Racial slurs, and Mental illness

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Police brutality, Trafficking, and Slavery

anni_swanilda's review

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Gore, Murder, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Vomit, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Self harm

Minor: Sexual content, Child death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, War, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Slavery

er1ngobraugh's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

The story was pretty slow until the last quarter but the writing is compelling. Starting the second book with the hope it starts of quick.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, and Death of parent

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Animal death

paigeinabook's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, and Body shaming

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

This book was so good! There were wonderful tropes I love and also magic and mythology I hadn’t heard before. I love fantasy stories that include mythology based off of places on Earth. This was based of West and North African Folktales.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Death, Xenophobia, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Animal death, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content