Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Das dunkle Herz des Waldes by Naomi Novik

64 reviews

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Rape, Slavery, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

alliecat1915's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

asunder's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Sexual harassment

rohrbaugh82's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

The book was intriguing enough that I wanted to finish it.  But it could easily have been 100 pages shorter and all the better for it.  I found the action and spells drawn out and repetitive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and War

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Dementia

emeraldrina's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

Ugh I love Agnieszka so much - the little ways she vexed the Dragon had me laughing out loud. I read this book in about a day and a half because I just could not stop reading. It’s so action packed you almost don’t get a moment to breathe, but somehow it doesn’t feel like it’s too much or too fast. The conflict and the antagonist are delightfully complicated; every time you think Agnieszka is doing the right thing, somehow it gets turned on its head and becomes disastrous. As always, Novik’s prose is so beautiful and vivid that I could picture every monstrosity and panorama in glorious detail.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Vomit

pupbeat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

walkie_check's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

eule's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It’s my comfort book. I’ve read it three times in the last years and it never gets old. It may be nothing special for others but for me it’s a five star read. I love the magic in this book and the descriptions of the forest. Furthermore, I adore the relationship Agnieszka has with the forest and, of course, the relationship to the dragon. She truly is one of the most badass witch of the forest (yet, she is not like other girls, at some time at least…). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Blood

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail