Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

16 reviews

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book was really sweet, and I loved the way it was written. It touches on some really important ideas and I'm glad I'll get to talk about it with others in my book club. I'd recommend this to fantasy fans, and people who want a complicated but mostly heartwarming story about love and found family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Grief, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Murder

Minor: Self harm, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

cookiecat73's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Terminal illness

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Pregnancy, and Animal cruelty

saoreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

It was truly reassuring and warming to read. The vivid storytelling from various characters, from heroine to villain (was there ever one?) or perhaps someone who mourned in the dark. I can't tell you how much I adore this book. It's full of affection and a slew of emotions ranging from love to understanding to longing. I loved Fyrian, the tiny sweet dragon who was as lovable as ever with his enormous warm heart. He was my favorite character. The novel itself was worth reading because of its elements of warmth, familial love, principles, thrill, and even parts where sorrow is given a persona that flowed to bring the plot to life. It's a witch's story, and it's a heartwarming one with a lovely dash of poetry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, and Mental illness

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, and Abandonment

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.5

The Girl Who Drank the Moon is a middle grade fantasy about a witch who rescues babies who are left for dead in a sacrificial ritual every year. One year, she accidentally feeds one of the babies moonlight and enmagicks her. She decides to keep the child as her own and protect her from her mistake. Of course, it's a little more involved than that, but I'm so bad at summarizing which is why I rarely do it, oops.

Anyway though, this book was surprisingly dark for a middle grade read, which I kind of loved. The writing is really great and the characters are loveable. Fyrian, the dragon, was such a delightful character and I love him with my whole heart. Additionally, I just thought that the whole story had a certain charm and whimsy about it that I haven't encountered in a long time. I think this book has a lot to say about the power of hope, family ties both biological and found, and coming of age. There were some parts that dragged for me and I don't think it needed to be as long as it is, but in general, I really enjoyed my time with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Body horror, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Murder

zombiezami's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Body horror, Mental illness, Confinement, and Ableism

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Death of parent, Animal death, and Sexism

saneism, incarceration