Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Malice by Heather Walter

77 reviews

winryrose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I can honestly not say enough about this dark and twisted retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Magic, elixirs, betrayal, etc. An LGBTQ+ story as well!? Yes, please. I cannot wait to purchase book 2 (misrule).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, and Blood

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Bullying

Moderate: Violence, Death, Blood, Classism, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Lesbophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

princess_sara_sparkles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Body shaming, Self harm, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Torture, and War

cnaccarato's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Classism, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Violence, Abandonment, Gore, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

im_a_toothfairy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I’m so sad, why did it have to end like this 😭😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Bullying

latashman's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

amandab0514's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

hannahs_library_'s review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Bullying

Minor: Death, Child abuse, War, and Torture

vikkisgrotto's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Abandonment, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Bullying, and Grief

sav_22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Xenophobia, Ableism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Drug use, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Bullying, Drug abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Colonisation, Torture, Medical content, and Outing