Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

9 reviews

melancholymegs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Incest, Blood, and Suicide

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Blood

nilsnoether73's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Segueixo en la meva era clàssica. La història ja la sabia de català de 3r d'ESO, del Javi (o Xavi), però llegir les paraules traduïdes de Sòfocles en persona és molt diferent. No m'esperava una tragèdia tan tràgica dels grecs (error bastant gran en retrospectiva).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Pedophilia and Slavery

lay_kone's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Self harm, Abandonment, Body horror, Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

peachani's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Ableism, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Classism, Incest, Death, and Death of parent

m4rtt4's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

A tragic classic. I already knew the story but finally I can say I've also read it. Fate is an interesting thing. I wonder if his fate would've been fulfilled had he not been sent away as a child? You see, he only killed his father and married his mother because he had no idea of their real identities — not because he wanted to specifically harm his parents, which you can also see in his self-destructive reaction to the horrible realisation.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Death, Blood, Violence, Suicide, and Self harm

mylittlebooklibrary's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Death, Suicide, and Incest

Minor: Murder, Blood, and Death

strange's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Incest, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Slavery, Death of parent, and Abandonment

abby_reads_books's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence