Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

36 reviews

zanni_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Death, Excrement, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

macroscopicentric's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I LOVED this. Like Clarke’s other book Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, this book plays with postmodern fiction devices, although definitely in a different way. Most noticeably, both because of its narrator and his own heavy reliance on his journals, it has a much more obvious narrator’s voice than the fake academia vibe of her last novel. Because of this (and also Piranesi’s personality), Piranesi feels a lot warmer and more hopeful to me. Piranesi is occasionally annoying but mostly a delight, his journey of self-discovery is engaging, and I also found the overall plot and structure of the book extremely satisfying. It even encourages the reader to index the novella itself as Piranesi indexes his journals. I was extremely curious about what worldbuilding would reveal itself next all the way through, and I’m already looking forward to a reread now that I have the benefit of understanding what’s going on.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Blood

nyoom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Suicide attempt

kindremarx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Excrement, and Vomit

keen's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Minor: Excrement, Blood, and Suicide

kenchingfox's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Homophobia, Vomit, Suicide, and Excrement