Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer

8 reviews

third_bookworm's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

There's a review on the back of the hardcover copy of this book saying something like "Too Like the Lightning will stay in your head for a long time." and man. It sure will.
This book tries to do a lot, and I'm not sure it fully delivers on a lot of it. Super interesting concepts are introduced, but I think it will depend on the rest of the series whether this are really followed through on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Incest, Car accident, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child death, Misogyny, and Rape

cynicalplankton's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Cannibalism, Blood, Slavery, Suicide, Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent

elltea11's review

challenging funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Xenophobia, Incest, Murder, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape

Minor: War, Alcohol, Stalking, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Sexism, Mental illness, Confinement, and Medical content

midwichtriffid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child death, Body horror, Sexual assault, Suicide, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Religious bigotry

kaiiyo's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Had my brain churning every chapter, grabs hold and then flips you around 
Truly disturbing but extremely compelling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicide, Gore, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Rape, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Torture, War, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Outing, Violence, Addiction, and Body horror

Minor: Incest

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I cannot stand the narrator and can’t read a whole book from their perspective

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Blood, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Slavery, Incest, Sexual assault, Rape, Religious bigotry, Ableism, and Violence

mishnah's review

adventurous challenging reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Violence

catsy2022's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Rating: B+ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Gore

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, and Incest