Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

91 reviews

llams's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Racism

theoceanrose's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Cannibalism, and Blood

megj23's review

fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood

obscurepages's review

challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

Okay so this had potential, but I feel like a couple of elements fell flat.

The sisterhood and the found family that I was initially expecting was just not there. Or it was there, but it was a skewed version. The way the MC tried so hard to fit into these girls was just not working (or maybe I'm just too introverted for this 😂) Also the fatphobia and the racist micro aggressions from your supposed "friends"?? No thanks 😭

The feminist theme was good at first too (werewolves preying on boys who manipulate and take advantage of girls). But then it got weird. I know they got desperate and they were starving and all, but still doesn't sit right with me.

That being said, the art style and the colors was just too good. I loved flipping the page and getting to see the art there. I also loved the queer/sapphic rep. That one was a lovely surprise.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual assault, Racism, Fatphobia, and Murder

olivialambert97's review

adventurous dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.5

 2.5 - high school girl squad of werewolves who eat the hearts of the boys who've wronged them is a great concept, but this needed more room to run in order to explore the number of large concepts it tried to fit into one short novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gore, Violence, Death, and Cannibalism

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

A story about GIRL DINNER where a werewolf pack of high school girls eat shitty men. It doesn't give the characters nor plot enough time to breathe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Blood, Cannibalism, and Gore

Moderate: Rape

belle2008's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Murder, Death, Blood, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Violence, Body shaming, Infidelity, and Fatphobia

raesreadingcorner's review

challenging medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

Did like some of the comments toward the MC WHO IS Asian and just some pf the dialogue in general made my uncomfortable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Grief, Sexual harassment, Murder, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racism and Violence

ezramol's review

4.5

I enjoyed this so much! I had lower expectations bcs of the things I've heard. The mc was asian and throughout the book there were some really unnecessary comments from her friends - which like were meant to be a part of their character, just to show what kind of people they are but I'm sure we would all be good without it. Other than that I really liked it. The plot, the art, the queering of the popular high school girl experience, i had a great time reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

lynxpardinus's review

dark emotional tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Blood, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Gore