Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton

9 reviews

cnowery's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Beautifully written, I was ALL IN from the first chapter. I was so invested in this little family (biological and found) and the fight to survive. There were moments of horror and tragedy, and yes I did ugly-cry. But there were also beautiful moments of mundanity that come with simply being a human trying to survive. While this book gave me anxiety about climate change and our fate in the distant/not-so-distant future, it did so in a way that wasn’t preachy/hopeless OR overly optimistic. I can’t say enough good things honestly, I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Violence and Gun violence

nutmegandpumpkin's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad slow-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

4.0

It made me anxious about the future of Florida but was beautifully written and sad but not without hope. The way the decline of society / structure is shown in the book feels very realistic. 

Some quick info:
• spans over an entire lifetime
• set in a fictional town in SE Florida
• a little sapphic 
• post apocalyptic? The fall of society? Nature taking back?
• SAD :(
• but brings up important points and ideas

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Dementia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Gore

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Child death

lndsmcarter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content and Animal death

jebecky's review against another edition

The loss was so great I couldn't stomach any more of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Child death, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting and Blood

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

I can’t praise this book enough. 

The stories of Frida, Kirby, Lucas, Flip, Wanda, Phylis, and Bird Dog will fill you with love and hope then rip your heart apart; both beautifully and tragically. 

I openly wept while listening to this audiobook not only because of the story and the characters, but also because of its not-so-fictional plot and not-so-distant-future setting. This book is about how a select few struggled to survive its rapid changes while so many others couldn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Dementia

Minor: Cursing and Vomit

silodear's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book really took me on an unexpected journey. The first third of the book wasn’t compelling to me. It felt like a mass market paperback drama with all the usual tropes. But for the final third of this novel I could not set the book down. I was so drawn into the post apocalyptic world and very compelled by the storyline. I read the final 100+ pages in one sitting, past 10:30pm on a work night! That’s about as compelling as it gets around here. 

That being said, there are elements of what feels like indigenous cultural appropriation throughout this novel that felt off-putting. Also, this book is so white. It felt jarring. There were several really weird narrative choices that felt impossible and confusing. I guess just many moments of the author trying to “write the other” that felt forced and wrong. 

This author writes nature so well. There was something extremely beautiful about the post apocalyptic landscape. Nature was its own character in the book - and honestly maybe the most well-developed character written here. 

I’m sure I have more to say but I am so tired from frenetic page turning. Maybe read it?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Vomit

michaelion's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

The better the book, the less I have to say about it. Wow. I would highly recommend this and honestly I'll probably even buy it but oh my god I don't think I could read this again. I'll need a couple years. Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Dementia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Bullying, and Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Stalking

xxjenadanxx's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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? No

4.25

This book was a trip! I went into it blind and thought this was a contemporary fiction novel. As it progressed I realized that this is a dystopian and then even further it also has elements of magical realism. 
I loved so much about this book! It played your emotions and had lovable characters that are trying to survive in a harsh and unforgiving world. Everything I love in a dystopian!
This book took a concept that we are struggling with in the world already (climate change) and used that as the basis for the collapse of society, which made this book feel real. 
Two things that I felt took away from this book: I thought the romance was rushed and I wanted a bit more out of the magical realism. If the romance had taken place a bit later when it had been able to develop a bit more I would have found it more believable. As for the magical realism, I wish it had been more than just symbolism. I just think it could have been developed a bit more since it was a pretty prominent part of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Bullying, and Death

Moderate: Blood