Reviews tagging 'Blood'

VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

6 reviews

susanatherly's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Dementia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Colonisation, and Mental illness

Minor: Murder, Car accident, Grief, Stalking, and Drug use

zombiezami's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

5.0

My favorite Cherie Dimaline book so far

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Misogyny, Dementia, Violence, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Vomit, Torture, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Transphobia and Homophobia

lilacs_book_bower's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this one and it is a fun quick read.  There are several women from lots of different backgrounds who all come together on a quest to find an item, as well as the last witch to complete their coven.  The villain is very bad and (CW) sexually assaults people by messing with their ability to consent, and I feel like the book doesn't deal with that, or even acknowledge it.  Tbf, the main characters don't really know it, but it feels like that aspect is underwritten.  There were a few questions I had about the plot or world building, but I was able to put them aside and just appreciate the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Ableism, Classism, Death, Violence, Colonisation, Dementia, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

valodniece's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

At first I thought it was going to be merely average, a witchy road trip and not much else, but the ending really did wrap things up with a nice feel-good bow that I hadn't seen coming but that made all the sense in the world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Car accident, Grief, Sexism, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Deadnaming, Medical content, Racism, Sexual assault, and Bullying

internationalreads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

The plot was a bit predictable but I enjoyed it all the same! Loved the diverse characters & magic systems, the badass lovable characters, and the feminism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Vomit, Misogyny, Sexism, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, and Murder

Moderate: Torture

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Thanks to William Morrow Books for the free advance copy of this book.

 - VENCO is a tense adventure and a story of sisterhood through the ages. I loved the women of this novel, always willing to jump in to a situation with no questions asked if it meant supporting the coven and their greater cause.
- I do wish there had been more about VenCo itself and its history and structure. Maybe Dimaline will expand on it in a later book, as the ending of this one was left open... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, Death, Medical content, Sexual content, Ableism, Alcohol, and Alcoholism