Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

138 reviews

maremi's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

fieldsandfeels's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

I didn’t dislike this book, it holds a lot of promise and the concept was interesting. HOWEVER the stakes didn’t feel high enough, the plot was predictable and slow, and the ending was abrupt. The plot and/or character development was not always moved along through actual storytelling, but by summing up conversations or actions that happened “off the page” in dialogue later on - this is a major pet peeve of mine. I enjoyed the premise and the story overall, but it fell short of expectations.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Violence and Gun violence

ijm358's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Torture and Kidnapping

ethuiliel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

Love the characters, love the relationships (especially familial, but also friendship, romance, employer/employee, and more) between the characters and how they develop. The worldbuilding is fascinating as well. And the plot is... I'm not sure how to describe it. It slowly unfolds, I couldn't predict until near the end what the final climax would involve (unlike some books where the goal is clear just way of approaching it and whether the goal succeeds in the way the character intended are what are surprising). However, none of the several twists and turns hit me out of the blue, there were little hints throughout so I gradually saw things unfold.
The ending does leave me wanting more, but not in a "wait that's it?" sort of way. In some ways it's open ended about the future, but the arc of the story is resolved. I would love to see what happens next to these characters and this setting, but also the pieces that are open ended are fun to speculate on, not leaving me unsatisfied.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Kidnapping, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

I listed a lot of trigger warnings but I will say that I didn't find any of it to be treated in a problematic way

bbbllllbbbllll's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence and Murder

avacadosocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, and Gun violence

lessnoisemoremusic's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

This is a slow burn plot in which everything comes together beautifully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

raginsagein's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Confinement, and Body horror

ewalkergrace's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Gaslighting and Animal death

chris_reads's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Chronic illness, Abandonment, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Kidnapping