Reviews tagging 'Blood'

House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

10 reviews

llams's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, Blood, Sexual content, Racism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Abortion, Death, Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Body horror, Child abuse, and Classism

Minor: Rape and Dementia

thanksfrthemoomeries's review

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.5

I have no idea what the plot of this book was. They end up right where they started and nothing of substance actually happened. I felt like I was reading badly written smut with stereotypical characters that had no real weight to them. The characters weren’t fully fleshed out or likable in anyway. There was something archaic about the descriptions in this book, which painted an older time period, but apparently it’s modern day. This book made no sense and I do not see what the “point” of this story was, because entertainment certainly wasn’t.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Abortion, Sexual assault, Death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Drug use

The book is chalk-full of sex scenes and commentary about bodies, sexual acts, and reproduction. Even for someone who isn’t grossed out by it, it was hard to read.

greenan26's review

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Abortion, Alcoholism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Stalking, Classism, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

Minor: Fatphobia and Pedophilia

corriejn's review against another edition

3.0

I guess this book is for some people, but not for me. I didn't mind the darker stuff, but found the story to be fairly slow-moving, many of the characters pretty flat and undeveloped, and the ending unsatisfying.

One thing I did not expect from the book synopsis is the amount of graphic sexual content, so just a heads up if that's not something you're looking for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Vomit, and Body horror

Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

lochnessvhs's review

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Blood

emi_momo's review

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Drug use, Death of parent, Abortion, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Death, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Gore

Minor: Vomit, Addiction, Pregnancy, Rape, and Pedophilia

mcluster1's review

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

The author was devoted to really developing the atmosphere of this book. They really nailed it. the book really felt like summer in a hot southern city. Sticky, sweaty, elegant, and haggard. However, I think the plot was sacrificed to the developing of the atmosphere. I don’t think all of the ideas and story lines were fully fleshed out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Blood

jakobmarleymommy's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Rape, Abortion, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Dementia, Drug abuse, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

martinj's review

dark emotional mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Sexual assault

meganpbell's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

3.0

In this gritty, ghostly Affrilachian gothic debut, Magnolia, in the wake of her grandmother’s death and possibly pregnant, takes an offer to “model” as the late beloveds of the rich at a funeral home run by the strange Mr. Cotton. The voice and the VIBES are all there, and this book has a lot to say about grief, death, race, class, and sex in the Bible Belt South, but the plot was about as substantial as its ghosts and the ending was abrupt and unsatisfying. Still, the writing is strong and beautiful—a writer to watch. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, Addiction, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Rape