Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

36 reviews

ladygetslit's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

What can I say about this series that hasn't already been said?

What I loved:

• the complexity of the relationships between Bree, Sel, and Nick that are continually developed in this second book
• Alice is the most epic best friend ever
• a challenging conversation about politics, power, racism, & what it's actually like to try to break down barriers
• an identity crisis that isn't so much a crisis as it is an exploration
• have I mentioned that Sel is my entire heart?

Literally the only complaint I have is that I have no idea when I will get another installment in this series, and I didn't want it to end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Stalking, Rape, Slavery, Death, Sexual assault, and Gore

Minor: Colonisation

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Stalking, Gore, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Cursing, Rape, Alcohol, Misogyny, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence and Abandonment

jadejade's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Going into the second book of this series when I so loved the first, I was really worried that I too overhyped to just enjoy it! Happy to say that although I didn't devour Bloodmarked as quickly as Legendborn, I found the expansion of the Legendborn Cycle universe intriguing and by the end of the second book I was keen for the third.  This series is also getting me to come around on love-triangles, noting

I would still be delighted if Bree ended up with neither boy

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Racism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Gore, Death, Death of parent, and Slavery

qrschulte's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

AHHHHHHHHH HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR BOOK THREE?!?!?!?! 😭😭😭 Such a great examination of grief. Deonn clearly understands how it feels to grieve, and it was such a gift to be able to read this in the thick of my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Grief

abbyschalupa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

Enjoyed while reading, but afterwards the issues stuck with me. The plot is trying to do too many things at once and feels convoluted. A large theme has to do with mesmer and torture, gaslighting, and Bree not being able to trust herself. This was difficult for me to read. Many areas had Bree making choices that made no sense, and while the characters are lovable, they can also be insufferable and wind up in entirely avoidable situations. That said, it was still a fun read that I flew through and I'm hoping all the loose ends get tied together in the 3rd installment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Torture, Blood, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Cursing, and Body horror

Minor: Slavery, Rape, and Colonisation

sunrae_booknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Bree really went into this book still dealing with grief in so many different forms. It was refreshing to see book two not disregard that and in fact build on that and the struggle of ancestral trauma and becoming her own character and not what other people expect or want from her. Yes there is a subplot of romance but this story isn’t about the love triangle between white boys, it’s about Bree. Forever team Bree and here for whatever she decides to do in book 3.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Slavery, Violence, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Classism, Sexism, Racism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Car accident, Rape, Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

 - BLOODMARKED picks up right where LEGENDBORN left off, and we're right back in the thick of it with Bree and the crew as the situation rapidly deteriorates.
- This book not only expands the world of the first book, but also digs deeper into the effects of generational trauma while exploring possible ways to reclaim what was taken.
- There is also a major focus on consent in this book, in multiple forms, and what it means for different people at different levels of power to assert control.
- Amid grappling with these difficult topics and ideas, Deonn also delivers an absolute page turner with this book. I'm already counting down to book three! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Medical content, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Slavery, Gore, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Torture, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Grief, Gore, Death of parent, Colonisation, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, Sexism, Rape, Racism, Murder, Violence, Slavery, and Sexual violence

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Crying screaming throwing up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Stalking, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Car accident, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Vomit, and War

Minor: Gun violence

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, War, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Religious bigotry