Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Lirael by Garth Nix

10 reviews

nicjmorrow's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-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

3.75

This book at time does feel like a book between 2 other books but the characters are good and it is a fun story over all. It is slow and a tad boring at moments tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

cait's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Gore, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, and War

aliteraryescape's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, Death, and Violence

egiannakop's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I don't know what the technical definition of "high fantasy" is but this is what I think of when I hear that term, complex world building, unique lore and magic, interesting characters with multiple issues, the list goes on. This is my kind of book, I really enjoyed learning about the different kinds of magic and how Lirael learns to work them. A great follow up to Sabriel, honestly I might prefer this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

Lirael still feels relatable even though I'm not 16 anymore. This is a lot darker than I remembered, and I did dnf this last year? Maybe the year before... but I'm glad I pushed through this time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Body horror, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Trafficking, Genocide, and Slavery

Minor: Incest

mswarning's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.5

Lirael and Abhorsen should be sold together in one volume!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

Death of an animal was very hard to listen to.

megloveswords12's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious slow-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: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood and Violence

bluejay21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

leilorenzo's review

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

Looooved Lirael's character. The plot was great and the companions were intriguing. Can't wait to get my hands on the next volume.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Blood

bencaroline's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, and Self harm