Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Nachts ist unser Blut schwarz by David Diop

59 reviews

agustdefault's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

4.0

brutal and violent but incredible. the way the author writes the horrors of war and grief and guilt was a visceral experience 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Colonisation, War, and Blood

amselot's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Gore, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, War, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

emilia_digi's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Racism

aperl1's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Blood and Body horror

jaimeeslitlife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, War, Blood, Death, Grief, Violence, and Torture

kaitlyng's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, War, Sexual content, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Mental illness, Colonisation, Grief, Cannibalism, Slavery, Rape, Racial slurs, and Kidnapping

Minor: Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexism

kalem's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Torture

tamingofthedew's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Kidnapping, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

fatimasiddiqui's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

basically the end was a psycho type situation which is interesting i guess but now seems cliche bc i made that connection

overall a really disgustingly harrowing book especially in the first half. its a hard one to rate because while it is really interesting its also not something i enjoyed reading at all because of three things: 
1. the writing is so repetitive even though its brilliant at times - i swear the book would've been 50 pages shorter if it wasn't so repetitive. 
2. my audiobook narrator was using the most annoying breathy voice to read the book 
3. the subject matter is so gory like i never want to read the word disembowelled ever again 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Cannibalism, Death, Rape, War, Body horror, and Genocide

procrasreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Mental illness