Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Hitze by Raven Leilani

94 reviews

tenderbench's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Miscarriage, and Police brutality

Minor: Addiction, Eating disorder, Grief, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Infertility

vrcreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Racism, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, Blood, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Drug use, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

bethvance's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Death of parent, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Alcoholism

innastholiel's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Violence, Suicide, Gun violence, and Vomit

laurataylor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Car accident, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Blood, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Medical content, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

madelinedalton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Police brutality, Self harm, and Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Racism, Abortion, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

dingakaa's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

I have only ever thought one book was perfect (Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro). This is now the second. You should read it immediately and don't spoil it with skimming reviews or summaries. Just go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Racism, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Physical abuse and Blood

Minor: Abortion and Animal death

yustawrites's review against another edition

funny reflective sad fast-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

4.0

This books got me out of a reading slump. I can't help but compare it to Queenie, but this was much better. I DNFd Queenie quite quickly, whereas this book intrigued me.

It didn't match all of my expectations. If it's called Luster, I really expected more eroticism or kink. This books was more about loneliness, family issues, art as a way to deal with life. The writing was so good and I actually expected the plot to take a sinister turn but this also never came. 

Overall I really enjoyed this story, and it was full of brilliant writing that made me reflect on things along with Edie. There was no BS or unnecessary long scenes. The story moved quite fast in a way that kept you engaged rather than confused. 

I particularly enjoyed the clever and accurate descriptions of how it feels to live in someone else's house/flat. And although sometimes I thought Edie makes questionable decisions that don't make her situation any better (and then she's like: why is my situation not any better??) - it was quite frustrating - but at the same time I realise as an onlooker it's not all what it seems. I have to give Edie credit because she has a good heart and tries to make the most out of her situation, wherever she is! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use and Infidelity

itsbumley's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Abortion, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Drug use, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, and Sexual content

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A complex disaster of a women living her complex disaster of a life 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Gaslighting, Drug use, Eating disorder, Racism, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Self harm, and Toxic relationship