Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Bullet Train by Kōtarō Isaka

20 reviews

findveronica's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Cursing, Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Gore, Murder, Child death, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

jackiepreston's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Pedophilia

Minor: Genocide

bonez_x's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Death, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping

noblelandmermaid's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Gun violence, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Child death and Child abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty

pata's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, and Toxic friendship

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Torture, and Transphobia

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Fatphobia, Grief, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Pedophilia, Classism, Mass/school shootings, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and War

serendipity421's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Murder

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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 book draaaaaagged. how was something chock full of assassins so damn boring? so many unnecessarily long descriptions and memories and jesus fuck don’t get me started on the fucking thomas & friends. any humor that mustve been present in the Japanese original did not translate 

i wanted the prince to die from page 10 & the little fucker just persisted! so frustrating 

things heated up towards the end but frankly none of it was worth the 300+ page slog to get there. 

i found myself rooting for tangerine & lemon’s survival, but ultimately i just wanted to see the prince die & !spoiler! the book delivered on neither of those things. happy the little kid is okay though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Transphobia and Homophobia

Minor: Misogyny

eicaxy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

jhbandcats's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.0

I decided to read this after seeing the movie and I wish I’d read this first since the movie has colored my impressions. The movie was an action thriller with LOTS of dark humor - very dark but very funny. I really liked the movie and saw it several times - the quirkiness of the humor appealed to me. 

The book is much darker. The characters as a whole really weren’t at all likable - they were pathetic, or buffoonish, or evil. There was some humor to it but it seemed like a satire of itself, not the kind of humor that leaves you feeling good. 

I think there’s no way I can write a decent review because I keep judging the book by the movie, and that’s not fair. What’s good about the book is lots of action and the train being an unusual setting. Definitely don’t see the movie first if you’re trying to decide which to experience - read the book first!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis