Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Angelfall by Susan Ee

23 reviews

abesreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Gore, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexism and Sexual harassment

Minor: Kidnapping

fremzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Some 2012 books do deserve rights 😌

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Alcohol, and Torture

Content warning clarifications (lightly spoilery): Mental illness: Mc’s mum has schizophrenia. Medical trauma: Mc’s sister is wheelchair bound because of a childhood accident (she isn’t much in the book though). Alcohol: Champagne at a party (can’t remember if there were other types of alcohol). Drug use: Unknown angels smoke at a party.

tinkithesquirelll's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Death, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Dementia, Cannibalism, Colonisation, War, Violence, Sexual harassment, Outing, Gore, Murder, Medical content, Vomit, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Torture, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

celery's review

None of the characters are likable. I couldn't understand how there was any chemistry between the two main characters and the protagonist was someone I couldn't root for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Violence, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child death, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

charlotteregan's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, and Murder

marallellogram's review against another edition

it had so much potential and was very good in the beginning, it was so addicting that I saw past the warning signs but then I just felt nope- it's too much for me and too bizarre. it's a shame, it had such good banter but then just, nope, no thank you

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Gore, and Child death

Moderate: Cannibalism and Blood

Minor: Vomit

jacquibear's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Torture, Medical trauma, Gun violence, and Blood

ana24gs's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

 “I am not afraid of you, your kind, or your god.” 

I liked the book. The characters were "x" but the book was entertaining and left you wanting to continue reading. But despite the action in the book, I couldn't take seriously the danger that the protagonists went through (until the end).

I think the reason why I could not take the danger seriously is the writing, certain lines, and certain dialogues were very painful to read and felt ridiculous. Plus, sexism is added in the dumbest way someone can add sexism to a story (and it doesn't make sense either). And there were a lot of scenes that didn't make sense, they could have been skipped and it wouldn't make a big impact on the plot.

The characters were fine, nothing new. Penryn is a strong, determined girl (with "I'm not like other girls" vibes) and she cares a lot about her family. All the decisions she makes are for the good of her family and she protects them at all costs. Raffe is fine, that is, but it did bother me, sometimes, how ungrateful he was to Penryn but "x" I kinda understood at the end.

I don't think I'll read the next book, although the ending of this one was good, I don't see myself enjoying the next one. But this was a fun time.

If you like action, a forced proximity relationship, dystopia, and a strong protagonist who would do everything for her family, then go for it.

⚠️ SPOILERS ⚠️ 

The only thing I can say is that the time they spent in the town (the one that is forming the resistance) was very ridiculous. I do consider that she needed to spend time there because that way she meets the twins who end up helping her find her sister, but why add sexism? Why? It seemed to me that there was simply no reason to be. They are at the end of time, IN A WAR, they need hands to fight and they decide that women will only clean their silly clothes, what? Wtf.

I thought that the ending was good, I felt the danger that the protagonists were in and you can feel that both are worried about each other. I also loved when Penryn found her sister, it was a very good scene. But the final scene was disappointing to me.

 “Sometimes, as we’re stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Sexism, Violence, and War

nesa_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Body horror

gcaron0328's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

Even though I liked it, I have a couple criticisms. One being the demonization of schizophrenia and the other being sl*t shaming.

the main character’s mother has schizophrenia and this is demonstrated by the mother being extremely violent and not mentally sound. It is hinted that in the past she injured her child in such a way that the child can no longer walk. The main character cannot reason with her mother. Much later in the story, the main character has to wear a revealing dress in order to get into the enemy lair. She refers to the outfit as sl*tty and judges the other women there who are wearing similar outfits in order to get the good graces of the enemy. It also is very anti-s*x work in that scene.<\spoiler> despite all this, i still liked the book and im excited to read the second one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment