Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

20 reviews

michelle_my_belle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Racism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Colonisation, Animal death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Deportation, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: War

reads2cope's review against another edition

5.0

"I think about this often, about whether the past is real if we don't bring it into the present. Tree falling in the forest and all that.  I'm okay, I say.  I don't know if I am the tree or the no one who doesn't hear it."

An incredibly well done multi-generational story of multiple families. I loved the way each thread of plots and characters and themes wove together across time and boarders and families. These stories laid bare the atrocities of the immigration systems in the USA in a way that furthered the plots and without disrupting the pacing. A masterpiece of grief and love and struggle and resilience. Every character is nuanced and makes sometimes terrible and almost always necessary choices, and I couldn’t help but love all of them.

“What a luxurious thing, to feel. The pain a tender ache now that she could massage and curl into. For so long, she’s held the grief at bay.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Deportation, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Incest, Drug abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Rape, Grief, Xenophobia, and Addiction

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

siebensommer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad

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

4.25

This is a jail baby-proofed for babies who should not be in jail.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Deportation, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, and Addiction

Moderate: War and Child abuse

lidia7's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, War, Cancer, Death, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Sexism, Child abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Slavery, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Incest, Gore, and Forced institutionalization

kaddictwithapen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Torture, Drug use, Murder, Addiction, Misogyny, Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Rape, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, War, Racism, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Suicide, Grief, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Classism

sofipitch's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

One of my new favorite diaspora stories. Cuban American stories always feel deeply personal, I didn't grow up around other Cuban Americans so it always feels like I'm the only one. But these books always capture the divisions between family due to shared history and then Cuban history that feels so unique 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Racism

_poppy_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is forceful, tender, kind and unforgiving. Maria‘s use of language is so descriptive and clever that the manages to paint vivid emotional landscapes with such ease that this book slips through your fingers and straight into your heart. 
I‘ve never read anything of hers before, but she‘s clearly a gifted poet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Addiction

bookish_baker_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Violence, War, Death, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Racial slurs, Confinement, and Racism

savannahtrice's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

i want to curl up in a ball and sob for the rest of my life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail