Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Poisons We Drink by

28 reviews

book_gremlin42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Racism, and Vomit

Moderate: Gun violence, Police brutality, and Child death

wylder's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Gun violence

thatqueengabby's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

this book was jam packed with action and crazy twists. it was phenomenally done and the concept of magic with such a distinct negative side is something under explored in the genre.
i really hope baptiste and venus can find a new agent and publisher because i'd love to see a sequel 🥺

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality

antimonium's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

There was a lot going on in this book. I was listening to it on audio and if I zoned out for even a second I'd end up very confused. The world building was both too much (lots of exposition and telling) and too little (big gaps that should have been filled in). I wish the deviations had been explored more - still not sure what that was all about. The political machinations were very complex and somewhat hard to follow. The final villan reveal and twist didn't have much impact. I appreciate the coverage of many important topics that parallel our own world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Death, Racism, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

aroma_of_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Vomit

frannook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Racism, Alcohol, Gore, Murder, and Police brutality

miladyofscott's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Police brutality, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Child death, Violence, and Blood

bellebookcorner's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

I have mixed feelings regarding this book…. 

There are some parts that I like and some parts that didn’t really work out for me even though the blurb sounds very interesting. 

 

The characters are well developed and very complex, there’s a lot of morally grey characters with their own secrets and reasons for their actions which sometimes makes it hard for me to pin point the culprit behind Venus’s (FMC) mom murder. 

Venus was a great character, I admire her love for her sister, her intelligent and her strength. 

 

The world building is unique but at the same time it’s also quite complicated, especially regarding the witches and their powers. 

I struggled to remember all the terms and information given at the beginning which sometimes can be confusing for me. 

I found out there’s a glossary at the end of the story that explains some of that information. It would be nice if it was put at the beginning of the story. 

 

This story felt too long and also dragging in some parts, the main plot also didn’t start until it hit the 30% mark. Although, the last few chapters are quite intense and I was surprised by that plot twist! 

 

Just a warning that some parts/topics in this story can be sensitive to some readers, there’s a list of trigger warnings inside the book but I’ll listed here for you if you want to know beforehand. 

 

For a debut novel, it was pretty good – I love the plot idea and the unique world building. 

It would've been better if the length was shorter and maybe made this into a series so the readers can immersed into the world building slowly.  

 

Thank you to Turn the Page Tour, Netgalley, author and publisher for giving me an e-ARC of the book and for having me on this book tour. I’m leaving this review voluntarily!

 

⚠️ 𝐓𝐖: This story contains morally grey characters, complicated parent-child relationships, police brutality, fantasy violence, fantastical racism, magical coercion, gun violence, politics, parental death, child death, and dying/death. 

In addition, there are depictions of post-traumatic stress disorder anxiety, and depression. 

Self-harm, blood, gore, sexual situation, fantasy drugs, underage drinking and profanity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Death, Cursing, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Vomit

kingjk2002's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Animal death, Racism, Violence, Hate crime, Death, and Child death

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Police brutality

Moderate: Kidnapping and Murder

Minor: Hate crime, Sexual content, and Vomit