Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Henry Henry by Allen Bratton

3 reviews

elnelson's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Eating disorder, and Incest

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Body horror, Blood, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent

esme_bonner's review against another edition

This was heavy, and literary, but also quite fun. For me, I just reached a point where too many uncomfortable things were happening at once to have the bandwidth to deal with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Incest

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Drug use, and Addiction

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Blood

The main character in this book has been sexually abused by his father since adolescence. His mother is deceased, and he deals with this trauma through alcohol and substance abuse. He is injured, during the book, and this is explained, although not in great detail. None of the sexual abuse sections are extensive, but they have a specificity of minute detail, which makes the short sections very impactful. There is consensual sexual content throughout as well, some of this is linked to the sexual abuse, and the MC does not necessarily take pleasure in much of it.

mariavdl's review

challenging sad

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Self harm and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Death of parent, Blood, Eating disorder, and Death