Reviews tagging 'Blood'

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

15 reviews

jojo_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

changbinslemonade's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, and Pregnancy

talkbookswithangela's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, and Pregnancy

claudia_bow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Medical content

aidrielle's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

i thought this book was a pretty good exploration of the different issues women face (being a woman living under a late capitalist society fucking sucks by the way, but we already knew that). i especially liked its exploration on pretty privilege--how it's not just a very real thing but also a systemic thing. to an extent, society rewards attractive people by giving them more opportunities in both their work and their personal lives. so no, people getting plastic surgery isn't just for vanity--not when society literally favors the pretty.

i also liked all of the characters!! i thought they were all complex enough to each warrant a full-length novel of their own (i would especially love a spin-off about ara's and sujin's teenage years).

that being said, though, i wish this book could have done more. like i said, it was more of an exploratory novel i guess. i wish it had dived a little deeper into how these issues could be solved, even if it's just in theory. after finishing the book i just found myself asking and? what now? 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood