Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

8 reviews

flapjack_octopus'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I really enjoyed this book, I felt connected to the characters and most were described in a lot of depth. I thought it written beautifully but the style also changed where appropriate and it became more harsh. A very good book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Blood, Death, War, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual violence, Confinement, Classism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Sexism

Minor: Pregnancy, Rape, Alcohol, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

lenteja_virtual's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Although i found the writting not extremly good compared to other authors, the topic, characters and the story are very interesting and entertaining. Is the second time I read it and I enjoyed it despise the fact of being more picky with the quality of the writting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Torture, Murder, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and War

robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: War, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

quitegood's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A rather interesting piece of genre fiction. Refreshingly organic in its plot progression, but neither was it predictable. Incredibly intense and engaging, staying with you right to the very end. 
There were however some instances of telling without showing; the people's love for Shigeru being one of them. But all in all, a very enjoyable read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, War, Death of parent, and Blood

noraxkatharina's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

2.75

this did not age well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexism, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

bluejayreads's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

This is a very slow-paced book. The actual plot doesn't kick in until over halfway through. The main focus is politics in this slightly-magical version of feudal Japan, and I found the Japan part interesting but the politics not at all. (That's not the book's fault - I am not known for enjoying politics-heavy books). The setting is not as vibrant as I'd hoped, but still enough to keep it from being completely boring. The dispassionate, exposition-heavy narration from both protagonists made it hard to connect with either, and considering one of those protagonists is trained in fighting as a nobleman's son and also possesses supernatural ninja powers, there's remarkably little action. It was okay for one read, but I have no desire to keep reading the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide, Animal death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Adult/minor relationship

Religious persecution, forced marriage

meredithp's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual harassment

gladiolus17's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

It was enjoyable, but didn’t wow me. 

I had two major gripes. First, they called kimonos “robes.” C’mon, it had min min cicadas, why not kimonos or yukatas?

Second is  

 that Takeo and Kaede fell into love instantly. And they used the word love. I guess you can blame it on their youth, but I didn’t see or feel any chemistry with their personalities. It even says in the book that Kaede knows nothing about Takeo! Oh well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Misogyny

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gore, and Grief