Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Ghost In The Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

10 reviews

alexisgarcia's review

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

hmmm this wasn’t exactly what i was expecting but it definitely wasn’t bad. this was a type of book i’ve never read before. this was incredibly interesting but a think a tiny bit repetitive and drawn out?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Grief, and Murder

maddiep333's review

informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Gore, Car accident, Chronic illness, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy

feralbookwife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

Just when I was ready to take a break from memoirs, this one knocked my socks off. Went into this one completely blind, just liking the title and cover style, and could not have picked a more poignant book. This is a powerful, deeply honest text with lots of tears along the way. 

CW: animal death, pregnancy, birth trauma, murder, violence, sexism, mental health, autopsy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Grief, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Colonisation, and Child death

emzbaa23's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood

Trigger warnings around : breastfeeding; vasectomy, blood, toothloss and childbirth.

hanz's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Interesting and strange book. I think the blurb is misleading and the book is more memoir than about Eibhlín Dubh, but it is partly about the authors relationship to Eibhlín Dubh and the poem Caoineadh Art Uí Laoghaire. It is also about motherhood, pregnancy and obsession and about connecting to women throughout history. I enjoyed it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Grief, Murder, and Miscarriage

aisclaradm's review

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Just incredible. No words for it except incredible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Misogyny, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, and Medical content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, and Sexual content

cereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Violence, Grief, Death, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

penofpossibilities's review

4.0

The first half of this book struck more heartstrings, especially the beginning is phenomenal. This author is very clever and her writing is clearly honed with skill and wit and emotion. Not a favourite, but highly highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Animal death, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, and Medical content

carabones's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual content

lou_o_donnell's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Miscarriage, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry