Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Bleeding by Johana Gustawsson

4 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

jennylomax's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

A slow-burn that only just pays off with a sudden twist in the last few chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Abortion and Child death

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Abortion, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Death of parent, Homophobia, Mental illness, Grief, Body horror, War, Rape, and Incest