Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin

4 reviews

erinvasut's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, War, Deportation, Grief, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Child death, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Genocide, Confinement, and Murder

shaylac's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I've picked up this book since I had a trip planned to Lisbon and I don't think I've ever read a book set in Lisbon, let alone Portugal.

The book follows 2 main characters and how they navigate through WWII in both Portugal and France, with the main goal of both characters of helping with the war efforts. It was interesting to see the 2 perspectives of the main characters and how they had to deal with internal and external dilemmas they faced. I've never learned much about Portugal's involvement in the war and I found it fascinating that during a time of rationing and sacrifice, that Portugal was "neutral" and didn't seem like the war affected them at all.

Overall, I thought the character development was good but the plot could have been a little more robust. There were times in the book where there was a weird time gap and it seemed like the audience could have learned a lot more about how the war was affecting the character more or how the character could have explored friendships/relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Antisemitism, Death, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Blood, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Xenophobia

Minor: Physical abuse and Violence

marissa_collier's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

Can get a little graphic, especially towards the end. The plot is pretty solid throughout the book, but the last 200 pages are when things get really quick and it is impossible to put down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Antisemitism, War, Death, Suicide, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Grief, and Violence

maconmecrazy's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Torture, and Death

Minor: Suicide, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood