Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

101 reviews

kristyjay13's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

librariessavelives's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Many trigger warnings are necessary for this book. I was glad to have read some reviews before jumping in, because the book itself had no content warnings on it (I would've rated it slightly higher if it had). 
Martha is a badass. Ephraim seems almost too good to be true (especially for the era the book takes place). The fact that it is historical fiction was very fascinating to me throughout the book. I appreciated the authors explanation of what she changed, written at the end, to get a better understanding of what really happened. 
I had a hard time remembering who some of the characters were, because there were many, but it didn't really take a lot away for me. It was a book I looked forward to reading everyday, and had a hard time putting down toward the end. 
Definitely recommend, as long as the content warnings are made very clear to the potential reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

erlynchin's review

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

renaytaylor's review

inspiring mysterious

3.5

This murder mystery is set in the colonial times and follows a midwife. It is written based off a journal she kept (which is so interesting that much of this is based off true events, though the author details the liberties she took to write the story). 


TWs: Descriptions of births, loss of child, rape

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Child death and Blood

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Child death

ja_mehess's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Blood, Grief, and Murder

artcish's review

adventurous emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Blood

casskillian16's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

a_muggle's review against another edition

challenging hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism and War

amandab0514's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol