Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

17 reviews

novella42's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, and Terminal illness

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Death

annamorgan27's review

challenging dark emotional fast-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Death, Blood, and Body horror

pm_me_book_recs's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This is such a well orchestrated story. 

We follow Sankofa through trials and tribulations regarding her power and the trauma brought with it. This seems to be a tale of character development and acceptance, but turns into something so much more. We get hints of the underlying conspiracy, but seeing and experiencing this through the narrative of young Sankofa, we don't realize or see the full picture until the very end. The closeness to our current state of world is unnerving, rightfully so. 

Moments of high stress, moments of comfort and happy tears, moments of righteous indignation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

rokinjaguar's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? No

4.0

Very sad book about a girl's extraterrestrial experience and journey from normal girl to creature of a folk tale. The audiobook is voiced quite well, and I shed a few tears at one point. A bit too sad for my usual taste, but I liked the main character and the setting was so interesting and unique.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood and Gun violence

roxanned's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Animal death, and Blood

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Child death, Physical abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Animal death, and Car accident

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Cancer, and Blood

Minor: Sexual violence and Kidnapping

powellki's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Terminal illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Car accident, Cancer, Cursing, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

bexi's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Car accident, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Misogyny, Body shaming, Blood, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

bookcaptivated's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, and Grief