Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

162 reviews

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, War, and Gore

Moderate: Bullying

rebeccamgwck's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

A dark, grim re-imagining of Greek mythology which explored the brutal side of both the godly, immortal figures and the plain old humans with their burning ambition. The plot was intriguing; watching the characters unravel thread after thread and often ending up with more questions than answers. The full cast of characters were well-developed, though frustratingly bad decision makers (someone had to advance the plot, l suppose). The ending felt slightly rushed,

and a bit jarringly sunshine-and-rainbows compared to the previous fifty-odd chapters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse and Ableism

rinniereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Grief, Cancer, Cursing, Blood, and Death

crystalsparkles's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual assault, and Violence

bookgodz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Addiction, and Death of parent

wavesofpages's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense

• 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Blood, and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

_bookishbrina's review against another edition

adventurous informative 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? No

5.0

Everybody needs to read this NOW. It stayed on the dusty shelves of my tbr for years, for fear that it would not be good. As soon as I saw Meyer and Lu endorsing the books (on the cover), I knew its time had come. 

✅ perfect for fans of percy jackson (i.e. greek mythology)

✅ action-packed from the first page to the last (check TW)

✅ urban-fantasy (I thought it would bother me as it had in Crescent City, but not at all)

✅ great MC: Lore is giving greek mythology Katniss

✅ a dash of (straight & queer) romance, but not at the forefront of the story (which is perfect)

✅ great side-characters with enough depth to their story that they stay relevant

✅ a dash of humour, well-placed in the story

✅ perfect for fans of NYC as well

Idk what to tell you. Just read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Violence

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault

dealfea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Torture, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

nicodaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-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: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Chronic illness, and Rape