Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

84 reviews

booksthoughtsandtea's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Confinement

The middle part drags a little. Once you are in the last quarter of the book, you will understand the purpose of it. Get tissues ready.

_mercury_'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death, Murder, and Blood

another_dahlia's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror and Sexual assault

kumquats87's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Physical abuse, Grief, Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Medical content

yleavy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cannibalism, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Classism

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Child death, Murder, and Grief

dimeryrene's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A mix of grief and strangely, sensuality. A very intimate look at family, loss, and coming back together. How do we love people once we've lost people?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Medical content, Body horror, and Blood

crystalannew's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Death, Blood, Animal death, Body horror, and Sexual violence

anyaemilie's review against another edition

4.5

I went into this not knowing ANYTHING about it (which I never do), and I was taken by surprise so many times, but I honestly think that's the best way to read this book.

This was a strange, monstrous look at grief and the loss of a child, and it was really really good. 

Some content warnings though. This IS horror so don't be surprised by this, just be careful if you're sensitive to these things:

death of a child; gore; blood; body horror; murder; animal death

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Gore, and Animal death

sissizc's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Blood, and Body horror