Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

24 reviews

stayathomereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

leah_alexandra's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a really good read. Not enjoyable, necessarily (way too many descriptions of the taxidermy process for that), but it was well-written and interesting. Arnett has a great talent for description, whether it be of animal dissection or a backyard wedding.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, and Suicide

kp_writ's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Chronic illness

Minor: Abortion, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

 📚 I loved this exploration of grief and the many ways people try to move on (or not) from a loss.
📚 Jessa-Lynn is a hard to root for protagonist but you find yourself doing so anyway, or at least I did. We love a messy gay.
📚 The taxidermy passages are not for the faint of heart, but ultimately I did find them fascinating, and began to understand the meditative quality the work could take on for Jessa-Lynn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Vomit