Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung by Nina MacLaughlin

10 reviews

snowiceblackfruit77's review

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Infertility, Misogyny, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Death, Incest, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Rape, Child death, Cursing, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

haleytaryn's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Pedophilia, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Incest, Child abuse, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Rape, and Violence

mia333's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Stalking, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Murder, Blood, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide attempt

gingerale06's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Child death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Body horror, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

emilianadelauro's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Child death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Incest, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Body shaming, Blood, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, and Violence

alymac42's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

courtneyfalling's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Dark feminist retellings of the myths in Ovid's Metamorphoses? Conceptually I'm so here. But this collection was... heavy and very viscerally in the characters' voices and experiences. I have to wonder who the intended audience is because people who pick up feminist Ovid retellings probably already agree that these stories are about gendered violence and likely have experienced gendered violence themselves, but this collection feels very sharp and potentially retraumatizing to that exact set of people. Not all the time, and not in an intentionally dangerous way, but still... this was pretty hard to get through at points and I had to wonder to what end. 

Edit a few weeks later: the more I think about it, the more that the equation of sexual violence and vulnerability to cis womanhood in this book feels gender essentialist and slipping into TERFdom...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Stalking, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Pregnancy, and Transphobia

hunkydorky's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kirstenm's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

I liked how this book showed womens anger and their sides of stories we know that are so often dominated by male voices. I did enjoy this book but as its retelling of greek/roman myths it comes with a lot of content warnings. I have added some but I'd look them up before reading to be sure this is a book you want to get into 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

aclaman's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Incest, Infidelity, Gore, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Deadnaming, Cursing, Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, and Addiction