Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party by Daniel James Brown

10 reviews

daishaspencer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is one of the most gut wrenching and horrific stories I’ve read. I found myself moved to tears many times placing myself as a young woman in the shoes of Sarah and her companions. The author wrote beautifully of the scenery in which the party found themselves, I could clearly see places I’ve never been (though I had to reference google maps a handful of times). This story is not without bias from the author, but no narrative non-fiction truly can be. This book has left me with a lasting impression of a story which I knew little about before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Gore, Body horror, Animal death, Murder, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Racism, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

amandamethot's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Cannibalism, and Animal death

reverenddustbunny's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

Exemplary work of explorative non-fiction

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Colonisation, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, Blood, Racism, Animal death, Death, and Violence

mondovertigo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Racism, Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Adult/minor relationship

freedomofchoys's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Absolutely amazing! Daniel James Brown's writing is more compelling and more narrative than any other non fiction books I've read. I couldn't put it down 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Confinement, Gore, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Animal death

growlingpuppy's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cannibalism, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Classism

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Racism, Violence, Abandonment, and Ableism

Moderate: Pregnancy, War, Classism, Gun violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

lelyreads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Colonisation, and Racism

Minor: War, Confinement, Genocide, Infidelity, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Pregnancy

prettiestwhistles's review

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Murder, Racism, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

beathebluebird's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood