Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Carve the Mark: Free Chapter First Look by Veronica Roth

8 reviews

eli_deatherage's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Gore, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

rafacolog's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Blood, War, Death, and Emotional abuse

cadybooks'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Minor: Medical content, Classism, Colonisation, Blood, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Self harm, and Gore

michellestoll's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Blood

esterslibrary's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, War, Physical abuse, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

mailuss's review against another edition

Literally no plot and extremelly boring 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Torture

Moderate: Xenophobia

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Reading this again was as good as the first time. I love this book. The building of the worlds, wars, and characters. The gifts, dueling families and faith. the characters have so much depth. the world has so much depth and scenery built in. I love the development and twists. 

Akos and Cyra are my ultimate enemies to lovers. Having fates given from birth that cannot be changed, and families at odds from across the divide they are told they cannot change. Definitely worth the read, and re-read.

The two sides of this war are so divided by pride and and blinded by what they think they know of the other. One thinking the other is brutal and intense. One thinking the other is weak. While that not being the case. Assuming the other side is a monolith... Having a power to every person and a date that can't be changed on top of that. It is a great read when I put in into perspective of culture, assumptions of humans, and how much we trust in politics & traditions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Violence, and War

kazbrekkercore's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

 

2/5 

The current flows through everyone, and every living thing, bestowing each human with a unique gift. On one side of the planet, in Thuvhe, lives Akos not yet with a currentgift, fated child of one of the three oracles. On the other side, Shotet, lives Cyra, whos currentgift brings her only pain, fated sister of her country's brutal sovereign. They live separate lives until Akos is captured by the Shotet, and joins forces with Cyra. 

This book was really close to a DNF for me. The concept was intriguing, but this book had almost no action, and what little it did seemed to pass in slow motion because of the writing style. I’m also still not entirely sure what the details of Cyra’s currentgift were, it wasn’t explained very well. Finally, because I don't like leaving all negative reviews, I really liked Akos's character, he seemed pretty relatable. I would not read this book again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and War