Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Darling Girl by Liz Michalski

39 reviews

lbris2484's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Child death, Grief, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

ashleereadsbooks692's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

anna_reads_and_rambles12's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Blood, Car accident, and Medical content

eed8's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Medical content

readwithria's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

Darling Girl wasn’t for me, but it very well could have been for someone else. 

I have some issues with this book, and I think they can be summed up in 3ish points
1. The first two thirds of this book were SO SLOW. It felt like nothing happened, which leads me to…
2. The action of the book happens TO the protagonist instead of BECAUSE of the protagonist. That is one thing I absolutely do not like, but that’s not to say someone else wouldn’t like it. I think the book would have been more interesting if it had been from multiple POVs, perhaps Holly, Jane, and Eden? I’m not sure how that would have worked, but I think I would have preferred it.
3. This book doesn’t feel all that much like a fantasy until the last ~60ish pages. It’s so low fantasy, and that’s not at all what I was expecting given the dust jacket blurb and the marketing. I wanted more of the magic, MORE of Neverland and it’s denizens, but alas that’s not what I got. 

The last third of the book did pick up a bit, and the themes of the book were explored quite well, but the blurb and the themes didn’t seem to match. This book is about grief and what a mother will do for her children, not about Peter Pan.

Peter Pan is a childhood favorite of mine, and this didn’t scratch the itch. 2.75 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Medical content, Drug abuse, Car accident, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Medical trauma, Grief, Death, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Deadnaming

jaimc's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Medical content, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Stalking and Suicidal thoughts

daceymacminn's review

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Murder, Child death, Terminal illness, Death, and Blood

haleysversion's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Rape

shelbibroeking's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

0.5

I wanted to like this book, but I just couldn’t. The concept was so interesting, but there were many parts that left me feeling very uncomfortable. There were rape themes not only outright but vibes from the first “interaction”, as Peter was child-like….The pining from Jane towards something she felt owed to her from Peter felt off-putting as well. Peter Pan was more of a plot point than a character, which could also be part of the reason it falls so short in my eyes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident

torturedreadersdept's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Wasn’t sure what to expect with this one but ended up liking it a lot! Very fun read

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Blood