Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

69 reviews

mar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

TALENTED BRILLIANT INCREDIBLE AMAZING SHOW-STOPPING SPECTACULAR. QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST YA FANTASY I'VE READ IN YEARS. I AM IN LOVE 😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Rape

juph's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Vomit, and Grief

notthatlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Sexism, and Slavery

planreadrepeat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

divineblkpearl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Blood

beautifulpaxielreads's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, and Blood

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Rape

victorianrogue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Child death and Vomit

ericadawson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.75

A wonderfully woven book. Diverse without tokenizing, complex without being confusing, and full of deep prose without being overwritten. Raybearer follows a young girl who's got probably one of the most complex mother-daughter relationships I've ever seen in a book in general, let alone YA. I love the worldbuilding and the depth of the storytelling, the way the twists and turns came without feeling like I was being blindsided or purposely led astray. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Vomit, and War