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Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild

4 reviews

amaranth_wytch's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Chronic illness, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Gaslighting, Bullying, Car accident, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Lesbophobia, Stalking, Gun violence, Alcohol, Racism, Deportation, Infidelity, Medical content, and Abortion

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative 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? Yes

5.0

I have never read anything like this nor do I think I will ever read anything like this again. The writing, the plot, the characters and their development, are all incredibly planned out and impeccably portrayed. Sascha Rothchild has written a book so clever, so intriguing and intellectual but also so precarious and multi dimensional, it is unparalleled. 

"Blood Sugar" is nothing short of profound and extraordinary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion, Addiction, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Deportation, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

ainrosle's review against another edition

hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.5

I've never felt more in sync with a character which I ADORE immensely like I did with Ruby in this book. This book was very reflective, and it held all the right emotions which I did NOT expect coming into the book. 

It felt very wholesome and apart from the 3 dead people, the rest of the characters are a joy to get to know more about! 

Ruby is a character that has so much depth and is just as real and raw as any therapists I've read in books before. Whatever perfect notion you had before about a therapist, just throw it out the window. Yes Ruby murdered 3 people in her lifetime but... is she a bad person...? I vote no 😉

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Chronic illness

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Drug use, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Infidelity