Reviews tagging 'Blood'

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

7 reviews

vidotson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Miscarriage, Medical content, Infertility, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood and Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism

hijinks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

Take Heart of Darkness, throw in some modern day self-awareness and a good dash of literary craft, mix in a dollop of what the heck was that and you've got State of Wonder.
Bit of a slow burn but you get the sense of an increasingly out-of-control pontoon which just bursts into a concerning amount of flame by the time it comes in to land.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, and Xenophobia

gailcooksandreads's review

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

I had a hard time getting into this one but got more invested in the second half. However, I found the ending disturbing. Might lower my rating after I sit with it awhile. The novel has moments of brilliance but was not overly gripping for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism

laurasullivan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pregnancy, Blood, Drug use, Chronic illness, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Vomit, Infertility, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Infidelity

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Infidelity, Animal death, Grief, Blood, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racism, Colonisation, Vomit, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, and Sexual content

juhlig's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This one was a joy to read. The writing style followed the plot - succinct when in Minnesota, and convoluted & windy as the protagonist arrived in the Amazon. The flaws of the characters and persistent dynamic of masculinity in science were both intriguing and amusing. I laughed, I cried.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Pregnancy, Blood, and Grief

alicia_c's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Blood and Cannibalism

Minor: Drug use