Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

4 reviews

creativerunnings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Grief

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Great writing and very detailed descriptions of life in poverty. I did find the ending to be a bit odd and lacking closure. I also found some of the details within this book to be unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, and War

Minor: Antisemitism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Infertility

breadwitchery's review

dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, and Addiction

Moderate: Animal death and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Blood, and Bullying

amberinbookland's review

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Infertility, Grief, Blood, and Addiction