Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The North Water by Ian McGuire

9 reviews

libeccio's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Medical content

bersblue's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Addiction, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Racism

lamorna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Animal cruelty, and Outing

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Pedophilia, and Torture

samster's review against another edition

I'm sorry, I found the graphic first chapter far too unpleasant. I'm not usually squeamish, this is the second book I remember finding this unpleasant (though for different reasons) & I forced myself to finish the last one, and regretted it. So, I'm stopping this one here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Content warning not on the list for necrophilia.

bruinrocks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Blood, Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Abandonment

sirissacgluten's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, Sexual content, Racism, Homophobia, Drug use, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, and Cannibalism

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Excrement, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Outing

kissmyash0600's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was a brutal and difficult story to get through. I also feel like it lost momentum partway through. Given the time period, be aware of racism of antisemitism in the story. None of the characters were particularly interesting and I feel like there wasn’t much development that made me prefer any character over another. There was one character worth hating, which was very clear, but other than that, the characters were pretty blah. It seems like this wanted to be a story of hardship and survival during the whaling trade, but it just didn’t fully work for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Homophobia, Excrement, Drug abuse, and Murder