Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie

4 reviews

da3m0nic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, War, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Gore, Murder, Animal death, Alcohol, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Incest, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Torture, Pregnancy, Drug use, and Racism

Minor: Body shaming, Animal death, and Infidelity

josiah17's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

Thank you Abercrombie. What a writer he is.

“She never saw more damage done than by folk acting on high principle.”

Full of suspense, intensity, and shocking revelations. I loved every moment of this. I made sure to read every page a little slower as I was nearing the end just to savor it. I'm overjoyed that I made the decision to read all of First Law this year after falling in love with the first trilogy. I'm really gonna miss the world of First Law and all the characters (lots of jerks) who've had a part in these books. Abercrombie has created something truly special, and he might just be my favorite modern fantasy author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Gore, Violence, and Death

mikki_9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

I was shook by so much. The ending didn't feel finished, exactly, but I don't think I mind that. As well, the first third or half of the book is kinda repetitive (mostly when focusing on Adua), but I have to give this 5 stars anyway.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Excrement, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Trafficking

darkkrusader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Racism