Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

30 reviews

aichaa's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Grief and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty

kaia_papaya's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

The ending destroyed me (sobbing) but I still think it was probably the right ending, though I definitely understand why some people didn't like it. Very impactful, makes a hell of a statement on rape culture, and somewhat hopeful in the sense that maybe things can change when we stand up for ourselves as women. It's so f*cked up, the things teenage girls go through.

#MeToo... And I wish I had read this book when I was a teenager, maybe I would have understood it wasn't my fault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Grief, Blood, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Vomit, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Body shaming, and Bullying

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, and Fire/Fire injury

raya_muk's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Blood, Body shaming, Violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Death, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

aformeracceleratedreader's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoy this author's writing. This isn't my favorite from the author but I still think it's good and I enjoyed it even though the ending made me sad. It is multiple pov with characters being very distinct from each other so it was easy to follow. Check trigger/content warnings for this for sure as the main theme in this book is sexual assault/rape/rape culture.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Cursing, Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Rape

riaxen's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Pedophilia, Rape, Body horror, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture

strawbaeby's review

emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Vomit, and Sexual assault

Minor: Blood

trashboatwinter's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Vomit

softboycafe's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Child death, Misogyny, Blood, Mental illness, Bullying, Sexual assault, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Rape, Classism, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Blood, Alcohol, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Torture, Animal death, and Drug abuse

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Death, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Torture, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Drug use and Child death