Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher

11 reviews

creatureof_nature's review

adventurous hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

danajoy's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

sonatica's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Overall, this was a very charming fairytale retelling and short audiobook to listen to while going about my day! :)

I really liked Bryony as a protagonist and while I think that the character of

Beast

and the buildup of their relationship could've been explored more and the ending felt a tad rushed, I still ended up really liking the storyline. :)

T. Kingfisher's writing style translates beautifully into audiobooks in my opinion and the narrator did a great job in bringing it to life!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Blood

Minor: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Violence, Sexual assault, Death, and Body shaming

sinoclock's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I like Kingfishers' writing style a lot. I paused a couple times reading this book to make sure it wasn't one of her scary ones because I'm a baby. I liked how the relationship developed and the different direction the story went, but I can't say I care all that much about beauty and the beast retellings and it felt like something was missing here, not sure what. No regrets having read it though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Body horror

Minor: Suicide, Stalking, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Excrement

conina's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Kidnapping

themelodyofspring's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was lovely. The clockworks keep popping up in every book and I still haven't read the clockwork boys. Loved how it took the original fairy tale and modified it so well. This does not end in the typical beauty and the beast fashion (we don't do that in T. Kingfisher's books). It was a bit reminiscent of the seventh bride storyline, but equally unique.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

alienor's review

dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

brontesauruses's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

This was a really cool retelling inspired by Robin McKinley's own excellent retelling (well, one of her retellings), Rose Daughter. It definitely stands by itself, though, with its banter and uh Horrors. It would not be Kingfisher without the Horrors, but boy they sure do ramp up quickly towards the end. Like the

Silent Hill body horror background imagery

sort of Horrors. Oof. Also, there's mention of suicide:

a woman killed herself a long time ago offcreen, but her blood still stains a rug.

It was kind of jarring. Still had fun with it, though. Bryony and Holly are great!

synniestar's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

i have a soft spot for fairy tale retellings, which is unfortunate because so many of them are so very bad. this one, however, hit the spot just right.

bryony and roses is a retelling of beauty and the beast, but with added mystery, horror, and a house obsessed with pink.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Violence

rhymeswithnova's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

Kingfisher writes modernized fairy tales really well. I adore this reimagining of Beauty and the Beast where the Beast isn't at all beastly, and my only complaint is that it isn't longer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Stalking, and Vomit

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent and Excrement