Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

15 reviews

jenhfultz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Medical content

kodi_rae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Fun and unique cast of characters with easy to understand magic. It wrapped up a bit quick, in my opinion, but was still satisfying. I really enjoyed this and would read more if the author writes them!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Gun violence, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Confinement

shannnne_reads_words's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Vomit, and Murder

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

booksbeyondthebinary's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Body horror

Minor: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail

litstyleguide's review against another edition

4.0

This was such a unique story, y’all. I really enjoyed this fantasy standalone. It was an interesting concept, kept me intrigued, and kept me gasping plenty. I figured out a few of the plot points, but that didn’t take away from enjoying the book. Familial secrets, separated sisters, lovable characters, magical books, and a dog named Sir Kiwi? Say less. 

My only problem with this one was it started really slow. I was never bored, but it felt like it took a long time (~65% in) for it to pick up.  Overall, really enjoyed this one though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Body horror

Minor: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail

bencaroline's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Not ready to write much about this yet! But I really loved this book. Extremely fun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Torture, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Colonisation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and War

Does the [dog] die?

No animals die or are harmed!

campisforever's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Well written overall. The magic system, however, toes—if not fully crosses—the line of a blood libel trope. I do not make that argument lightly. See below for short explanation. 

The magic of the books relies on the ritual harvesting (there’s no other word for it, as willing as some may be) of Scribes’ blood to make the ink, at the very least. The length of the book determines how much blood, and Scribes do die in the process of making books. More complex spells are composed of other ritually harvested parts, e.g., hair, sinew, skin. That the magic system relies on the ritual harvesting of the blood, lives, and bodies of a specific group of people (Scribes) in service of magic they themselves cannot enact or be affected by, toes the line of blood libel. That the book is focused on a specific, elite group  and one influential character being the ones doing the ritual harvesting… you see what I mean.

Read with care and caution. 

I do agree that Collins and Nicholas should have been endgame. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Classism, Gore, Grief, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

Unabashedly in love with this book. If you like books, magic, family drama, and/or queers, please read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Body horror

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Vomit

ink_at_heart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Self harm, and Violence