Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

11 reviews

pathologicalreader's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Bullying, Death, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Trafficking, Vomit, Racism, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Slavery, Transphobia, Excrement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Car accident

imstephtacular's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Body shaming, Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Blood, Alcoholism, Animal death, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcohol, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

juniper_reads_things's review

dark informative mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

The topics covered in this book make me feel angry. 

Grace was 15.

It makes me angry, and furious that there are thousands of families experiencing what the Horn family and the Takoda tribe experienced.  

In addition to the content, I also struggled to follow the story telling and time-jumping timelines. I couldn’t understand how some of the folklore tied into the story at times.  I also had trouble understanding Anna as a character. 

This book is going to stick with me for a while though. A haunting story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Trafficking, Vomit, Gore, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Sexual content, and Self harm

a_crow_in_the_sky's review

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.75

This book was absolutely wonderful with its commentary on a lot of issues. The only thing I felt It lacked was closure. We never get to see if justice is given to the victims and perpetrators which is historically a huge issue in native American crime and violence, but the story that was actually put on the page was absolutely fantastic, thrilling, and complex.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Addiction, Drug abuse, Trafficking, Grief, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Sexual content

abby271's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Alcohol, Death, Kidnapping, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Trafficking, and Rape

alicelalicon's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Murder, and Trafficking

vicwaltz's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Sexual assault, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Transphobia, and Trafficking

terrik_409's review

dark emotional informative inspiring 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

More suspense than straight horror but always moving. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Self harm

abilyeu's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? No

4.0

Wow wow wow. 

This book is labeled as a thriller, but I don't have any clue how I'd actually classify it... there's so much going on. 

I found this book started very slow, and I hated the jumping timeline at first. I vividly remember texting a friend and telling her I hoped the antagonist introduced in the first part of the book wasn't the true antagonist. The book remained slow until roughly 2/3 of the way through - and boy did this book pick up. The jumping timeline made more sense, and the character development was top-notch. I loved the inclusion of native american culture and spirituality. I ended up assuming the true antagonist through character development but I didn't foresee the entire ending. Additionally, there's a note from the author speaking to the struggles of the reservations and where the inspiration for this book came from. Highly recommend. 4/5 stars simply due to how long it took to get into this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Blood, and Death

mondovertigo's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Bullying, Murder, Racism, Blood, Gore, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Self harm, Rape, and Sexual assault