Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell

3 reviews

mreads03's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Abortion, Cancer, Medical content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Rape, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, and Death

fkshg8465's review

emotional sad slow-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? No

4.0

I admit I did have a bit of a hard time keeping my attention on the book, but that’s probably more because I read this while recovering from COVID. Even still, the community created within these pages has a lot going on, and Dorothy’s view of the world is precious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Rape, Infidelity, Cancer, Blood, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Incest, and Grief

sydnec's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Animal death

Minor: Violence, Abortion, Alcoholism, and Gun violence

I want to love stories of women being powerful and being healers and yet they all seem to come with someone being raped. It's a plot line I try to avoid but here it was again. This could have been a 5 star read but it drudged through some unnecessary stuff (for me) in making a point about toxic masculinity.