Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult

19 reviews

lcl_reads's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

Typically, I enjoy Jodi Picoult, but this one just didn't work for me. She attempts to show there are two sides to every story, but for me, reproductive justice is just not a two sides issue. It is an issue of recognizing the humanity, value, and worthiness of those who bear children and their right to control their bodies and is rooted in historical ways groups have exerted bodily control over others. I recognize this is my reader bias and cognitively I appreciate that this is part of Picoult's writing style and that this book isn't for me.

I found the backwards timeline confusing for character development and made the plot boring and anticlimactic. I kept mixing up character details because of the way the information is doled out. Additionally, I did not find the end of the book very climatic or interesting because so much information is given upfront.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Blood, Violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Medical content, Abortion, and Mass/school shootings

chireadsandchill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Child death, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Cancer, and Death

Minor: Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Incest

waybeyondblue's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death, Gun violence, Confinement, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Racism

Minor: Incest and Rape

essencej11's review

dark emotional slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Abortion

brynhayes's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Violence, Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Cancer, Infidelity, Blood, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Rape, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Confinement, Death, and Gore

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Hate crime, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Death, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

emildoubleereads's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Blood, and Abortion

juliaathomsonnn's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.25

Timeline moves in a very confusing way at first (backwards)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Abortion, Violence, Sexism, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Medical content

libt11's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Abortion, Blood, Grief, and Hate crime

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual violence, Racism, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Cancer, and Rape

brookey8888's review

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

I really enjoyed this! It did start off slow, but I got into it when I started to learn and care about the characters. I really liked the topics did and how they were discussed. I learned a lot. I do wish that this was told a different way. I wish it was from start to Finish not kind of the finish to the start and then the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Sexism, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Violence, Physical abuse, and Vomit