Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

105 reviews

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? N/A

5.0

The book is very beautifully interwoven with Mexican myths and legends.  I liked the story a lot.  It was beautifully written and the storytelling style was absolutely amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Classism, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying and Religious bigotry

Minor: Racism, Death of parent, and Misogyny

seadeepy's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Bullying, and Self harm

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content

allisonmspiers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Stalking, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Physical abuse, Gore, Sexual harassment, Murder, Classism, Child abuse, Bullying, Sexism, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Colonisation, Ableism, Death of parent, Torture, Grief, Sexual content, and Racism

emi's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

a charming story, whose depth elevates it beyond modern myth. fun to read, hints of a romance, straddling 1920s Mexico/America and Xibalba, the land of death. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Terminal illness, and Death

Minor: Death of parent

solenekeleroux's review

adventurous 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

heatherjchin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, War, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Colonisation, Self harm, and Grief

kappafrog's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Sexism, Violence, Racism, Self harm, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Minor: Body horror, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Misogyny, and Murder

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Misogyny

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

Surprisingly the only book by Silvia Moreno Garcia I didn't really love. It might be because it's the only one I listened to as an audiobook. I liked the characters overall and the story overall but something about it didn't grab and hold me like her other books I've read. I would zone out listening and couldn't get myself to rewind to try to listen to it again. I always love the setting of old Mexico though, and I loved using the folklore as a major part. The concept and everything was interesting, but I just couldn't fully enjoy it. It's not bad by any means, just not as good as her others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Abandonment, Death, Child death, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

wxshwa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Blood