Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop

9 reviews

mlcutter's review

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.0

3 stars because it is very well written, but it is so hard to read I can't recommend it to anyone ever. So, if you read this, it is at your own risk.

I have so much to say about this book. Some spoilers.

The good:
It's well written
The world building is phenomenal
The characters are fleshed out, even the evil ones
It is unique

The bad:
There are sooo many characters!
A child is badly abused and there is too much detail 
There are sex slaves
Adults are badly abused and there is too much detail
There are so many just plain evil characters, it's hard to imagine anyone that awful and you wind up hoping that everyone is murdered in awful ways because they're so terrible.

The black jewel trilogy, which is now a whole series of books written by Anne Bishop, are HARD. TO. READ. These are not light, they're not easy, there is no comic relief. They're dark. DARK, with a capital D. The people who have magic are born to a jewel. Depending on a color, they can be powerful. Black jewel holders are the most powerful. The queens are powerful and terrible. They're jealous, petty, petulant, conniving, and willing to do whatever they have to do to hold power. There is a promise of a queen that will rule well, she will fix what is wrong. She is a child of 12 in this book. She is innocent and naive but the most powerful ever to be born. Everyone wants to either protect her or kill her or break her so she is unable to use her power. Because no one understands her, it is assumed she is unwell.

There is some fascinating imagery that makes me wonder if Anne Bishop struggles with mental illness. There are the "twisted lands" which we come to know as a place where the mind has been broken. She describes the mind as a chalice and once its broken, it has to be repaired before the person is whole again, but it is fragile. 

I don't think abuse has to be spelled out. It's too hard to read. I think it was done better in the Shaye Archer series by Jana DeLeon. you get enough glimpses that you know Shaye has suffered, but you don't get the gory details.

All in all, I want to never read this book again. not sure I will continue the trilogy.  I will stick to my favorite Bishop books The Others series, which is a unique take on shapeshifters and one of my favorite series ever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Incest, Murder, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Bullying, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Torture, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Rape

zia_c's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

This book is giant sick pedo fest. I can't rate it. I don't know what to rate it on. 

I'd goosebumps reading half of the time and the other half I can't even go through a sentence. 

I want everyone in this book to just drop dead except for the sweet, sweet Jenelle and all those innocent children. 

I wish every sick fuck die a horrible death in the next book.


╰➝ 3rd person pov
╰➝ Poorly constructed world 
╰➝ No time set/  language set
╰➝ Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Slavery, Sexual assault, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Incest, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Vomit

ratproofed's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

CANNOT in good consciousness rate this anything higher than 1 star. Dont read this 💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Sexism, Child death, Trafficking, Violence, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, and Incest

tectonixduchess's review

Book crossed the line of pedophilia and called it “testing womanhood”. Absolutely not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Incest, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Body shaming, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Confinement

artabria's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

0.25

Esté libro suele estar recomendado en foros de fantasía. No entiendo como se llegó a publicar siquiera.
La calidad de la narración es pésima y resulta imposible entender como funcionan y donde están los diferentes mundos y países que se mencionan.
Muchos de los eventos que ocurren parecen escritos por un adolescente intentan escribir sobre ciertos temas (incesto, violación, etc.) y cometiendo errores garrafales a cada paso que da.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Gore, Incest, and Child abuse

wemily0's review

This book has way to many references to pedophilia, rape, and incest for me to even try finishing it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Incest, Slavery, Torture, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Violence

book_rascal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

I loved another series by this author so I wanted to try another by her. I don't know how this was even published! Everything from violence to child rape is covered. This was just horrifying and I don't recommend anyone read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Vomit, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Horrible

dameamaryllis's review

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cannibalism and Infidelity

hyzie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts