Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Lovely War by Julie Berry

30 reviews

juanat77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, Alcohol, Hate crime, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Racism, Blood, Death, War, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Sexism

slahlum's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, War, Grief, Death, Gore, Medical content, Torture, Blood, Racial slurs, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

marioosa517's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, Racism, Hate crime, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Sexual violence, and Medical content

Minor: Mental illness

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Death, War, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Racism, and Violence

aplain's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Racism, Child death, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Death, Racial slurs, Death of parent, and Gore

Minor: Cursing and Sexual assault

lqvekanej's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Death, War, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual assault

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Medical content, Violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Hate crime, and Sexual assault

riannesdijkstra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing tense medium-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? No

5.0

Lived it from the very first page 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, War, Death, Racism, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Death, Hate crime, Ableism, and Fire/Fire injury

sarahflanders's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, War, Grief, Death, and Racial slurs

sleeson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0

This is such a lovely novel. No pun intended. Beautiful emotion. Incessant hope. Lavished with love throughout the book towards friendships and relationships. Two worlds merging into one. 
No swearing. No sexual content. I actually put off finishing this novel because I did not want it to end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, War, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gun violence, and Grief