Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry

18 reviews

willows_books's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

First book to ever make me ugly cry. I love it with all my heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Car accident

ninacls's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Blood, Deadnaming, and Death of parent

shelbyy_myers's review

emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Outing, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? No

4.0

This has been on my TBR forever, and I'm so glad I finally read it and it lived up to my years of expectations! I had a few small sticking points,

like I refuse to believe this conversion therapy camp doesn't call the cops when four kids steal a truck then get into an accident where the car turns over, and I never ended up liking how Char's character was portrayed,

but I liked Raya's perspective and the sometimes beautiful language/moralizing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Self harm, Abandonment, and Forced institutionalization

gwas007's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Self harm, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Biphobia, Car accident, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Deadnaming, Blood, Cursing, and Death

grace007's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Cursing

intergalacticintrovert's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Blood and Violence

liteartha's review

dark emotional sad tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, and Suicide