Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews

7 reviews

theinkwyrm's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I picked this up because I wanted to read another book similar to R.F. Kuang’s Yellowface and while this didn’t quite live up to Kuang’s novel, it was still pretty decent. The major difference is that while Yellowface was more literary fiction with a thriller subplot, Who is Maud Dixon is definitely a thriller with a literary fiction subplot. That being said, I feel like this was a pretty solid thriller with morally grey characters that I thoroughly enjoyed reading about. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood

orlagal's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, Classism, Medical content, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

mfrisk's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Some of the twists were a bit predictable, some ideas could have had a bit more backing to them, and the characters were purposely unlikeable but overall this was a great read with stunning layers to it and ultimately showing the reader how far people will go to achieve what they feel is owed to them.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

summerb's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Sexual content, Addiction, and Vomit

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

I didn't like this book at all. The plot sounds exciting but everything moves extremely slowly and the characters are constantly making stupid decisions. The sheer number of things every person in the vicinity had to overlook for the ending to work was ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Racism, and Sexual content

catandherbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Blood

busy_izzi's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

1.0

Read this for book club — otherwise I would have DNF’d this early on. While it does pick up after its very slow start, with many highly telegraphed “twists,” it doesn’t get any better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Car accident, Stalking, Violence, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Cursing

Moderate: Blood and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

non-consensual drugging of others