Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Le Maître des illusions by Donna Tartt

473 reviews

karinaymejia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

great for people who dont like too many things going on, thriller, and classics.

i feel like the title is a bit dramatic for the story. it makes sense of course, but i feel like there should have been another title used for it.

this book is slow and may feel boring at times. it's interesting to see how the story progresses. i am personally not a huge fan of this style. i sort of liked the read. i wanted a more dramatic story, but thats my cup of tea.

i like the time period where this is in because I get to read what it feels like during this time.

i find it unsettling about the characters that Richard encounters and becomes friends with. I think Charles and Henry make me the most unsettling, especially near the end.

overall i had a bit of higher expectations because of the popularity. i understand the mixed reviews now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse

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yzer2468's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Homophobia, Alcohol, Drug use, Blood, Addiction, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Death, Classism, Drug abuse, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Grief, Incest, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Mental illness, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexism

lacey_wi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Classism, Racism, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Sexism, Physical abuse, Addiction, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Cursing, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

maybeimali's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Murder, Death, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Classism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Animal death, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

valmoony's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Addiction, Gore, Physical abuse, Vomit, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Classism, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Incest

noamireadsgraphicsmurfnovels's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Classism, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Blood, Incest, Mental illness, Homophobia, Murder, Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, Car accident, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Death, and Physical abuse

emisbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

an incredible book exploring morality, friendship, and academics. i am floored. this book was truly incredible. whilst the characters were unlikeable and pretentious, its obvious that that was the idea. 

no other book exists anymore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Alcoholism, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Classism, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Incest, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape and Sexual violence

aristarcodisamo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Incest, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Homophobia, Misogyny, Cursing, Death of parent, and Eating disorder

_viola__'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Excrement, Drug use, and Blood

sugar_fox's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book, despite taking me a long time to finish reading is a must-read for anyone and everyone. Never in this book was there a moment where I thought it was dull. Even the everyday occurrences in this school was made intriguing beyond belief, hell, I’d go as to say I enjoyed every moment of this book. Never did I hate it, something rare for me. The only thing, if you hate being made to feel stupid, don’t read this book. The amount of literary references, and the many others I probably missed was crazy.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Sexism, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Death, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Outing