Reviews tagging 'Blood'

How Lucky by Will Leitch

14 reviews

laura_berger's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Drug use, Terminal illness, Ableism, Kidnapping, and Blood

ctruett's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Overall, I enjoyed the book but I feel like the book had too much “fluff” and could have been wrapped up a lot quicker than it was. I did learn a lot about SMA so I did enjoy that aspect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Cancer, Ableism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Terminal illness

narbine's review

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cancer, Drug use, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Ableism, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism and Death

vj_thompson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Adventurous, dark humor, and an interesting approach to a missing persons story. I loved the way the story was written. It almost felt like a long stream of consciousness or a story being told to someone (if that makes sense). Daniel is a very lovable character but there were times where he had a lot of dark thoughts about death. I would recommend listening to the audio version. The narrator was 10/10!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, and Blood

tharumi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

julied's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Enjoyed the plot and learning about SMA. Some elements were problematic enough to take away from really enjoying as much as I would have liked. Three biggest issues for me were the fact that this isn't own voice (obvious from page one and my bad for not researching that before I purchased), virtue signaling, and some ridiculously convenient plot points. I finished it though because I really liked Daniel, Travis, and Marjani and cared about finding out what happened. Makes it hard to figure out what to rate it overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Alcohol, Drug use, Blood, Ableism, Chronic illness, and Medical content

keijiwolf's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Sexism, Violence, Chronic illness, Cursing, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Stalking, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Minor: Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Cancer, Death of parent, Murder, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

diadoodle's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Kidnapping

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

starsbyname's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was slow. It was hard to get into at first, but then would have a little spike of excitement for a minute. Then it'd go back to being slow. The ending was a bit faster pace, but predictable. 

The story is a mix of Rear Window and Girl on the Train.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood and Violence

voxelbee's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Medical content

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Ableism, Blood, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Cursing, Alcohol, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, and Death of parent