Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Dark Age by Pierce Brown

31 reviews

entropyseeker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

I dropped this series 8 or so years ago because Darrow's decline from a man of the people into a man of war made my heart too sad. Picking this book up after so many years later and I forgot just how gruesome the Red Rising series can be. I know it's called Dark Age, but goddamn, read the content warnings. Once again, characters you love die and things only get worse for our cast. Fingers crossed that it eventually looks up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

mfrichter10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cathxknight's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

to think back to how it all started so bitter sweet, then go to the end where everything has shifted

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Death

spatters21's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy

riellylucette's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Blood

ember17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

This was a long time coming. I put off reading this book for so long. Finally, I have conquered it. And it certainly lived up to its name. This book was dark. It was sad. It was miserable. There were hardly any happy scenes. This book was war and death and slaughter and more war and murder and more death. It was not enjoyable, but at the same time it was so compelling. That’s the thing about Pierce Brown. These books aren’t happy, but they suck you in. The characters are such geniuses in some senses, and so lacking in other areas. All of our characters have their biases and are utterly convinced of their own righteousness. It’s fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

kaylak58's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

samuelbrown23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.75

I have to say started strong but there some part I did not find interesting in the middle. In the end was felt like more of build up emotionally for the next book. The first trilogy is definitely my favorites as focus only Darrow POV this multiple POV is kind of boring/annoying. I found Darrow, Mustang, and some time Lysider POV have more action dynamic and pushing the plot. I would still would recommend as a read due to few scene found interesting: 

1.   Darrow fight with Lysander  on mercury 
2.Mustang being overthrown 
3.return of Cassius

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Blood, and Alcohol

meridith_bex's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Slavery, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and War