Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Giver by Lois Lowry

14 reviews

gandalf_a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Child death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Suicide, Medical content, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

jacob_miller666's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Blood, Child death, Animal death, and Death

kawaiicorgireads_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Xenophobia, and Death

Minor: Blood, War, and Pregnancy

amsswim's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

 I'm surprised I didn't read this earlier or I was not required to in school. I absolutely loved this read, I haven't read Lois Lowry since middle school, but now I think I'd like to return to her books. Her world building and descriptions are perfect for a dystopian story. This was an easy read while still being meaningful and thought provoking.

The audiobook on Libby was only 5 hours, so this was a great weekend/day ready. Highly recommend to everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, War, Child death, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This is just a really powerful and beautifully written story. 

It’s a hard book to read, but it is—quite possibly—one of the most important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and War

Minor: Pregnancy

allysm0llbean's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Child death, Death, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Animal death, and War

mbasford's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Grief, and Death

genny's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

possibly's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: Suicide, War, and Blood

the_book_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Vomit, Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Torture, Terminal illness, War, Classism, Confinement, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Animal death