Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Опиумная война by R.F. Kuang

1878 reviews

kendalldean's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, War

_noemibonoldi_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark 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

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La vendetta. Emozione umana che in qualche modo accomuna tutti. La volontà di infliggere dolore agli altri. L'ho iniziato in un periodo di blocco del lettore motivo per cui mi ci è voluto più di un anno per leggerlo, ma l'ho apprezzato. Praticamente è l'inizio di un viaggio che sono sicura porterà a sofferenze. Il racing a tratti l'ho trovato un po' accelerato, a volte troppo lento, devo essere onesta. Un po' triggering

la parte in cui spiegano le torture perpetrate a Golyn Niis, un po' mi è passata la fame.

. Il finale però chef kiss. Merita le 500 pagine di libro solo per quel breve capitolo

dove finalmente Rin accetta il caos, smette di farsi problemi e scatena una bomba atomica sul "Giappone" (almeno io ho colto questo riferimento), se lo meritavano.

Uscendo dal mondo fantastico e riflettendo sulla vita reale e sui fatti che quotidianamente avvengono mi rendo conto che il tema del "la guerra non è mai giusta" è sempre più vivo, sempre più vero. La guerra è essenzialmente questione di prospettiva. Nessuno che non è disposto a rinunciare alla propria umanità riuscirà mai ad ottenere grandi cambiamenti nel mondo. Nonostante concordi con questa frase è triste che come essere umani l'unica che riusciamo a fare è ucciderci nei modi più variopinti possibili. Guardo allo sviluppo del mondo con perplessità, amo quando i libri ti danno qualcosa in più.
Assegno 4 stelle e non 5 solo perchè come ho scritto prima a volta il pacing non mi ha convinto eccessivamente e alcuni personaggi non li ho trovati caratterizzati come avrebbero meritato. Non vedo tuttavia l'ora di iniziare il secondo libro. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War

katholder's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Rape, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War

nami_namiko's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War

sarapriz's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

ameliacottee's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

shane_tries_to_read's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

booksndogs9's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark informative

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence

emipreda's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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: Complicated

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a dark masterpiece. rf kuang really took

kill your darlings

to heart… no clue what the other two books in the series will be about because i don’t think we can top the emotional damage (this book is a walking trigger warning. if you’re trying to avoid potential triggers - of any kind - this may not be the read for you)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Infertility

Minor: Animal cruelty, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol

nex05's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Self harm, Vomit, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia