Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Bleeding by Johana Gustawsson

3 reviews

junglejelly's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A short but great book. While I adored the writing, I found the chapters too short for my preference.

3 dark tales of women told in the themes of motherhood, friendship, womanhood and mental health. Each of which ending in a thought provoking way.

A must read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Infertility, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Car accident

errie's review

dark mysterious

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Death, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Violence, and Blood

clotalksbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

The multiple points of view and timelines worked well and kept my interest. I was desperate to solve the mysteries. The short chapters also made it feel quite fast-paced. 

It is a dark book, with some surprising twists. I would have liked a bit more explanation and exploration into some of the stories and character motivations, particularly Lucienne's. I could have quite happily read double the length to get that! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Abortion and Child death

Minor: Rape