Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Beyond the Ruby Veil by Mara Fitzgerald

30 reviews

ziracrow's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-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

1.5

This book was disappointing to me, since the setting and premise have a lot of promise, and I genuinely enjoyed the worldbuilding. However. I have never been so annoyed with a MC. She treats her best friend terribly and constantly talks down to him, behaves in the most narcissistic way possible, and consistently abuses those around her for no reason. There's a difference between making an "unhinged chaotic evil heroine" willing to go to extremes and writing a blatantly abusive narcissist that makes terrible decisions & shows no sign of any character development. It's a miracle I didn't DNF.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Cursing, Gore, Blood, Toxic friendship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Body horror

edelyra's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Self harm, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Toxic friendship

booksthatburn's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Classism, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Infidelity

karapillar's review

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Classism, Grief, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

megselyane's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Torture, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol and Medical content

yaelaed's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Blood, Gore, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

kylahken's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

The definition of an unreliable, narcissistic narrator and I LOVE it. Every new addition to the book is caused by the narrators utter lack of empathy and drive for some level of fame, even if it is infamy. But, there are a few scenes where you see glimpses of her humanity, and some parts that left me desperate to keep turning the pages they were so filled with primal desire. Not a super dark, hard read, but not a classicly cliche YA easy read either.

Will caution that this is not a book for the faint of heart when it comes to blood or gore in the slightest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Blood

ladymickbeth's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

The whole time I was reading, I was waiting for Emanuela to have just a little character development. Maybe a bit happened at the end when she admits she needs her best friend, but other than that, she remains obstinately self-centered. I originally liked her character and thought she would be interesting, but she never went beyond her need for power and glory, and she seemed just to be using Ale and always telling him how he’s useless without her. Maybe she’ll develop further and realize some of her strengths come with flaws holding her back, but I don’t know if I’ll read the next book because this one was so disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

librarianlirael's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gore

tahsintries's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Torture, and Gore

Minor: Homophobia