Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

17 reviews

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Ableism, Blood, Murder, Medical content, Abortion, Body horror, Bullying, Violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Gore, Sexual assault, and Grief

abeeg05's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical trauma, and Child death

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Abortion

touchegiantsquid's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

The book tries to "both sides" the debate between pro and anti choice laws for the sake of thrills. I would not say it handled that well.

It's hard to take this dystopia seriously since it seems to lack any theory of how politics works. It's just "what if a bunch of terrible things happened? Wouldn't that be terrible?" It doesn't seem to have anything to say about the debate, it just wants to use it to give the appearance of synthesis at the conclusion.

The craft of the conclusion was good, which is why I didn't rate the book lower.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Violence, and Suicide

scarlettskyes's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Body horror, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Slavery, and Religious bigotry

magnoliabloomfield's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

While it deals with some very delicate and controversial subjects, the author has characters express a range of thoughts, opinions, and feelings on the matter so it doesn’t come across as the author being problematic. Since it was written a while ago it may not have our current level of sensitivity in 2022, but if you keep that in mind and engage your critical thinking I think you can really find the story fascinating if not entertaining. It hooked me pretty well and then toward the end was a chapter that really blew my mind and terrified me in a good way, it was very skillfully done and amazing though dark and terrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Violence, Religious bigotry, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abortion, Mass/school shootings, and Pregnancy

alouette's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion and Religious bigotry