Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis

16 reviews

trulydevious's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Classism, Misogyny, and Blood

abitofapoet's review against another edition

dark tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.75

oh my god i hated this book. About 25% through i was thinking i would give it two stars but it just kept getting worse. 

The main character is absolutely insufferable, the only thing she talks about is how she’s not like other girls, she doesn’t like people, and she doesn’t believe in god. it’s those three things just restated over and over again a hundred times. Usually I can overlook swearing, but she used the F word maybe every three minutes and it just added to how irritating she is, plus i found her obsession with her childhood mentor outright creepy.

WHO CRAWLS IN AND HAS A CHAT WITH A CORPSE?!

 

There were also some major plot holes and grammatical errors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Animal death, Death, Infidelity, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content and Drug use

Minor: Child abuse

kamryn_grace_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Animal death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Infidelity, Drug use, Cursing, and Alcoholism

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed most of this book. Apparently I like books about hiking and I would love to read more stories with this theme. I also liked the protagonist a lot. Ashley is smart and resourceful and just really cool. I did not enjoy the ... injury part. Almost DNFed it halfway through because I didn't know if I could stomach it any longer. But it got better, and I'm really happy I finished it. It's really a quick read and I even got quite emotional at the end.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Medical content

izzy_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Gore

erinaskelley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Vomit