Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo

15 reviews

amandaisok's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Death

milliemudd's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, and Sexism

Minor: Colonisation, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

humblefish's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Quite dark and spooky for this series! But still wonderfully written, with some very memorable lines about storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death, and Blood

megj23's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood and Murder

clarabooksit's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Confinement, and Death

Minor: Gore

jalexpulliamkepler's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.75

I will be thinking about this one for a long time! It would be perfect if the climax wasn’t a tad rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Blood, Alcohol, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

abarnakwn_ourcolourfulpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Alcohol, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual content and Domestic abuse

jayisreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

I admit that The Brides of High Hill isn’t my favorite from The Singing Hills Cycle, but I do commend Vo for switching things up by adding a Gothic horror atmosphere to the novella. Furthermore, it’s no longer just Chih telling/collecting stories; they’re actually in the story themself now (though we got a sense of that in the previous novella). As always, Vo brings sharp and beautiful prose to this novella, so there isn’t anything in particular to critique on that front. I think the reason I didn’t feel nearly as invested in this latest installment is perhaps a result of wanting a change of pace in the series in general. You could argue that this book is a change of pace, and I can’t help but wonder if Vo is switching gears, based on the subtle changes in storytelling style in the latest two installments. I guess time will tell, depending on when the next book comes out, which I will still happily read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Gore

Minor: Sexual violence

2treads's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved this. Finished in a couple hours today and it has got to be my favourite in the Singing Hills Cycle. They keep getting better and better.

The thrilleresque vibe that ran through the entire story, not knowing how to unravel the mystery of what was happening, who was evil and who was the villain. I just love how Vo weaves her tales. She infuses these novellas with as much creativity and attention to detail that most can't even get into a full novel.  I will always be a fan of her works.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

gondorgirl's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, and Blood