Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Speak: il Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson

7 reviews

vincef's review

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Classism, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying

Moderate: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Racism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Xenophobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

As powerful as the original, if not more so, with the illustrations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Cursing

Minor: Eating disorder and Racism

antireading's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Bullying, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Eating disorder, Xenophobia, and Vomit

jinx_mars's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Bullying, Rape, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

robinks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I haven’t read the book, but the graphic novel version was powerful and some of the images were incredibly haunting. The resources in the back were helpful, and I hope that stories like this will become outdated soon. I docked half a star because the timeline was a little disjointed and clunky, and there are ways the illustrator could have more clearly delineated time passing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Self harm, Body horror, and Blood

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Violence

Minor: Blood, Eating disorder, Racism, and Xenophobia

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Eating disorder