Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes

9 reviews

franzi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Gore, Death of parent, and Confinement

mpeach's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Incest, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy

meg_elyse's review against another edition

dark informative sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Self harm, Death, Grief, Incest, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Sexism

introverted_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Incest, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Confinement, Blood, and Child death

akswhy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Come for NH’s lady-led take on the Oedipus story, stay for her to “play fast and loose” (her words) with it in the absolute best way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Suicide, Slavery, Violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Miscarriage, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

toriliz's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book has earned a special spot on my shelf as one of my favorite books. It took a lot of emotional stamina for me to get through, between both Jocasta and Ismene’s awful situations, but it was worth it. I have always felt compassion towards Jocasta; she was a victim of the gods’ awful will. How would you handle finding out your second husband is actually your child, oh and you had kids together, oh and your city is cursed because of your actions? This just added a new layer of my sympathy towards her and toward Ismene, as well. I won’t reread this often but it has definitely earned a special spot on my shelf. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Confinement, and Incest

Minor: Vomit and Sexual assault

loongbooy's review

emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Slavery and Misogyny

whatcassiedid's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

A beautiful and thoughtful retelling of Oedipus and Jocasta's story. I wish I'd known that part of the story deals with an airborne plague spread by physical contact requiring people to quarantine, but still loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Child death and Incest

skylaturner's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Miscarriage, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, and Sexual content