Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Mintha gonoszok volnánk by M.L. Rio

485 reviews

icedpinecones's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book is complex to rate as it has many high points and many lows. The good is seen in the story of James and Oliver, the prose being a mix of screenplay and standard book writing and the complexities of other characters such as Meredith. Where there's ups there's also downs, the main twist/motive for the villain is poorly executed and really makes the whole thing fall short. Characters such as Alexander and Wren are poorly explored, with things just stated then ignored. I enjoyed it for the most part, but the characters that fall more lackluster make the book fall short and lag behind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

booksandcat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sabinehunter's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

taylorr1018's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, and Murder

It’s a murder mystery of sorts. A character is killed in a gory way.

naoml's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This book will forever be my favorite. I think it's genius and important. I will write an essay review later. All my love to Alexander, even if he's not the focus of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

kiran__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I had high expectations for this book and it exceeded them. Each character was developed and interesting and he captured their change so well. The writing style was very fluid and easy wasy to read, however, as someone who has not read a lot of shakespeare, a lot of those lines went over my head. But overall it was an amazing book : it had an unexpected plot twist, it made me cry, it had very well written characters - its all i could ever want. However, i thibk i would get a lot more out of it if i read more shakespeare. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

brennapatt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

daralexandria's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide

readbyella_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Suicide, and Blood

christinewonder's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide