Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

18 reviews

linguaphile412's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Abortion, Murder, Infidelity, and Violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Misogyny, Vomit, and Homophobia

whatcassiedid's review

dark emotional reflective slow-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

4.0

For once my refusal to read a synopsis pays off! This was a wild ride.

I thought the only twist was the affair but then the murder and covering up of the murder was unhinged.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Lesbophobia

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book is a long haul, but it keeps good intensity up throughout. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Grief, Murder, Blood, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Classism, Child death, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Body horror, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent

sarahna's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Murder, and Pregnancy

pixelpigeon's review

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment

valpuri's review

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

cjblates's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

mullemit's review

I feel cheated, I’m honestly so annoyed.

I don’t like murder stories, I think it’s overdone, it’s not suspenseful to me, it’s gross and deeply uninteresting. And I did not see it coming in this story which makes it so much worse, because I was enjoying the social suspense, the slow portrayal of 1920s expectations of women, and now I don’t want to continue the book, because this “twist” changes everything.

The only other thing I have to add, is that I think Sarah Waters majorly stepped up her dialogue-game with this book, too bad I won’t be finishing it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Blood, and Infidelity