Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

201 reviews

pageportals's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

gsillars's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

devinlux's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad 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: Yes

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Incredible storytelling, so many patterns from history woven into a beautiful, horrifying story with hope at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment

chkn_10dz's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring 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: Complicated

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Outstanding! This book changed my brain chemistry. The politics, the bigotry, the twists and turns and then revelation was a Rollercoaster that had my heart pounding. I could not put this down. Revolution!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism

kristenlorri's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism

Moderate: Animal death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment

electrachet's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The magic system was clever, and Wang did not shy away from ugliness, which made her character's interactions feel especially raw and human. I do think some of the themes were discussed with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, but it still worked for me and I'm sure plenty of other readers. Not a perfect book, but I would recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Hate crime, Sexual assault, Grief

Minor: Body horror, Suicide, Gaslighting

avery_lj's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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While I figured out the

reality of the other world

pretty early on, I couldn't put it down. The book was easy to read. 
I also can't resist a brilliant jerk of a woman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Torture, Vomit, Car accident

backyardbananas's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I'm honestly at a loss of words to explain just how spectacular this book is. It was absolutely incredible, delicious, a masterpiece probably. The way ML Wang is able to put so much weight and emotion into her writing is just amazing , I felt SO much while reading this book and it all just continued to crescendo right until that very. last. sentence. I know I won't stop thinking about this story for a very long while and I can't wait to read it again. Thank you ML Wang for weaving such a beautifully bittersweet yet hopeful tale.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment

luhtahuitti's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Complicated

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♾️⭐️
Best read this year! 

I’m heartbroken. 😭 And also in love with the cruesome ending (sorry and thank you Sciona). I hope Thomil, Carra and the Kwen make it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Police brutality, Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Abandonment

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic