Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Là où les arbres rencontrent les étoiles by Glendy Vanderah

8 reviews

kmaffett's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Terminal illness, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

pursuing_metanoia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cmm9200's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book had me crying at the end. I loved it from the first couple of pages. I felt like I was going on a rollercoaster of emotions, and the plot had me turning page after page. I had this on both digital and audible formats. When I wasn't reading, I was listening to it. Highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

shyleek's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm not a sci-fi reader but this alien book has me intrigued. The characters in this books were so well created and deep without feeling like I was reading character descriptions for 200 pages. A predictable read but in the way that you were pretty sure how it was going to end but knew it wasn't going to be easy to get there and wanted to go on the adventure with Gabe, Jo, and Ursa. 

I don't have triggers when I read normally but check the trigger warnings because there is some sensitive material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Drug use and Terminal illness

omnimalizm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

jazzyinthewild's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.0

Ornithologist and cancer survivor Joanna Teale spends the summer in rural Illinois, renting out a cabin in the woods, to study nesting success of the local Indigo Buntings (which are real & beautiful - look them up!) 

One evening after work, Jo returns home to a lone girl, called Ursa, on her doorstep claiming to be from another planet sent to Earth to witness 5 miracles before she can return home. Jo & her neighbour Gabe spend the summer trying to figure out how to help this mysterious child.

This book wasn’t anything like I expected it to be, but I was pleasantly surprised by the story and I didn’t want to stop reading! It’s very fast paced, with a lot going on pretty much the whole way through the book, and almost all of the characters were loveable and relatable.

Jo was my favourite character. Her ornithology work is perfectly intertwined with the story - I loved all of the details of her nest sites and surveys.

This was such a heartwarming read, filled with love, family and compassion, whilst also satisfying my thirst for nature/environmental fiction.

For fans of: Once Upon A River, Sharks In The Time Of Saviours, Where The Crawdads Sing.

There are quite a lot of heavy topics, so I would recommend checking the content warnings before reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

ka_ke's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

Where the Forest Meets the Stars is the a wonderfully safe read. If you’re in the mood for something full of hope, found family and trauma-recovery this is the book for  you! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

beccasbookcase's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, and Murder