Reviews tagging 'Blood'

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

104 reviews

changbinslemonade's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

I’ll read this book at least as many times as gaunt read adam bede

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, War, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide

xcampuskiddo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

It's like a British Band of Brothers for World War I. Raw, compelling, unflinching, deeply researched, beautiful, and poignant. Does not feature either gaybaiting or queer trauma in the plot outside of the legal concerns/need to be discreet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, War, Mental illness, Blood, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Classism, Xenophobia, and Bullying

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Confinement, and Medical content

Antisemitism is on the part of characters in the book who are not sympathetic; the author does not either explicitly or implicitly condone antisemitism. Xenophobia is related to one main character being German-British and facing suspicion by others, and to one character of color who faces implicit xenophobia.

lily_mae777's review against another edition

reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia

It’s really good. Characters did piss me off a lot of the time but not to the point were I disliked them 👏

fullofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Death, Gore, Gun violence, War, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

nikkicik's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense 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: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Classism, War, Murder, Death, Body horror, Blood, and Medical trauma

floatwiththesticks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

This book consumed me. I felt incomplete whenever I wasn’t reading, and was desperate to get back to it. I’m not sure I’ve ever read such an engrossing love story and I’m certain I’ve never read anything that put me on the front lines of a war. I really feel like I lived the trenches with them - and that is this author’s astounding talent.
If England is magic, so is this novel. 

I GRIEVED GAUNT ALONG WITH ELWOOD AND LITERALLY SCREAMED WHEN HE WAS ALIVE!!!!!! I almost threw my kindle across the room in happiness. They’re so gorgeous together, I swooned. Idiots in love, friends to lovers, SLOW BURN A03 tags.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Death, Gore, War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

meheehee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Grief, War, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, and Gun violence

elenit96's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

The ending felt rushed. I would have liked to explore the effects the war (and the resulting "shell shock") had in one of the characters in more detail 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Body horror

lexcellent's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Child death, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Violence, War, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, and Body horror

rachel101's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Bullying, Grief, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, and War

Minor: Classism, Grief, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Homophobia, Alcohol, Mental illness, Blood, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Bullying, and Death