Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

19 reviews

sarrasegway's review against another edition

emotional 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: Violence, Blood, Racism, Drug use, and Death

mscalls's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

em_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Violence

wordswoods's review against another edition

Very descriptive writing, not really grabbed by the characters or the plot and it started off with a lengthy, heavily graphic scene of killing an animal and skinning it - not my thing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

katie_brauer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Rape

camilleingram's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Racism

simonamiller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Vomit, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, and Child abuse

sapphire's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: Addiction and Blood

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I can tell why someone would like this book and why it has so much acclaim. It is very well-written, and the story holds your attention. I particularly appreciated the performance of the audiobook narrators. However, it is not for me. It is so unrelentingly brutal and sad. It opens with two of the characters slaughtering a goat. Also there is just so much vomiting in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Racial slurs, Racism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship