Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold

5 reviews

bookwyrmsam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

There were some things I greatly enjoyed about this book, particularly the prose. Arnold's writing is stunning and I definitely want to read more of her work in the future.  I do have some complicated thoughts about the ways sensitive subject matter was handled and the theming of the book, but I do not agree with reviewers who felt Arnold was suggesting violence is the only answer to misogynist abuses of power, in fact her characters directly oppose this idea on multiple occasions. I do think this book is not for the faint of heart. If body descriptions and gore make you uncomfortable you might need to take your time with this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Murder, Body horror, Blood, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Death of parent

bbygirl21's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

I'm not used to this pov style and the ending seemed really abrupt, I wish they was a little bit more to this story, but I really enjoyed this book. I love the four female characters Meme, Bisou, Maggie, and Keisha. I love how strong and brave they each are whether they are/were a wolf hunter or not. 

I think Sybil's (Meme) story was tragic and sad. I really liked her husband Garland until what he eventually did when he found out what she is. He was a really sweet character and even though I understand his reaction in a way I wish he would have understood everything and stayed. 

Bisou's boyfriend James was also really great. I love how supportive and protective he is of Bisou even while not knowing what Bisou is. 

I wouldn't loved to see more about Maggie's stalker and maybe figuring out who he is and whether or not he is who is suspected in the book or someone else.

I would've also looked to know who this self proclaimed incel is who sent several letters to Keisha to be published in the schools newspaper. And I would've liked to know if Maggie's stalker and Keisha's random letter sender are the same person.

So obviously that's plenty of questions that went unanswered, the ending being quite abrupt, and the pov style not being one I'm used to all are what brought my rating down. But I did enjoy the story. I loved how the book deals with a lot of women's issues and how they impact women.

I do suggest looking into the trigger warnings if you're looking into possibly reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Murder, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Domestic abuse

stressejesse's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Blood, and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

dragonwriter's review against another edition

The use of second person was really unnerving considering the first chapter has an oral sex scene

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

malloryfitz's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abortion, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pregnancy