Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

12 reviews

bookbuyingwithkatie's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Xenophobia

mattyb's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Medical content

mimeflower's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Chronic illness

amberinpieces's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Cancer, and Medical content

Minor: Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

nairam1173's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

It's a story I've encountered before, probably more than once, and feels predictable in that vein. But it is told well and with a new voice and perspective that is worth having. Just because something is familiar doesn't make it not worth having.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Cancer

kayladaila's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Infertility and Blood

Minor: Bullying, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, and Racism

joanna77_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

“𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”

This was so good. I love novels in verse, because with fewer words, each word makes more of an impact, and that was definitely the case with this book. It was so well-written and beautiful. 

I especially loved Reha. I think the author captured the voice of a young teen so well and it was so moving to read about her struggles with being stuck between two worlds. I loved all of the aspects of music and 80s pop culture and how Reha related music to her own life. 

I also loved the friend group, especially Pete. I wish we would have got more of his story. This was just incredible and I’d definitely recommend it!

I cried for the last 50 pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Death

zoeamac's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer

Moderate: Blood

atamano's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Blood and Medical content

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, and Grief