Reviews tagging 'Blood'

At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop

58 reviews

kp_pj's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, Torture, Blood, Violence, and Death

imds's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Violence, Murder, Rape, Body shaming, Colonisation, Abandonment, Torture, Blood, Death, War, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Racism, Animal death, Gun violence, Colonisation, Death, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, War, and Sexual content

tahsintries's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Racism, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Kidnapping and Slavery

hail_archangel's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.5

Very slow, almost DNF early on.  Ending is confusing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Colonisation and Sexual assault

emmagreenwood's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, Excrement, Gore, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Physical abuse, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Racial slurs, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

birdinanairport's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Death, Racism, Blood, War, and Violence

Minor: Colonisation

florfang's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

Beautifully written, but very explicit descriptions of war. You can really feel the flaws of the narrator, and the book takes a surprising but not unwelcome turn towards the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Gore

alexhaydon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Torture, Death, and Body horror

mrrou's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Grief, Rape, Torture, Mental illness, Blood, Sexual violence, Gore, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Colonisation