Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

119 reviews

ocean_the_reader's review

adventurous dark fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia and Lesbophobia

anni_swanilda's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Minor: Pregnancy

graceless_grace's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Emotional abuse

Minor: Fatphobia

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Murder and Death

xphilphil's review

adventurous dark fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse

e_flah's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

The premise of Down Among the Sticks and Bones was incredibly cool but I'm starting to think McGuire's writing style just isn't for me. Every time I'd get into the story, the self-aware narrator would make a remark that would pull me back out.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Death

itsmeyseniab's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved the dynamic between our main characters Jack and Jill, and how their sibling rivalry added a modern twist to darker folklore. This was way darker than I had anticipated... gimme more!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Murder, Blood, and Child abuse

captivity and suggestion of Stockholm Syndrome

frantic_vampire's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Down Among the Sticks and Bones was so good! It was creepy and spooky in all the right ways. Jack and Jill were so intriguing when we first met them in Every Heart a Doorway. And I loved getting to see their story and what was behind their door. It gave me the old school horror vibes that I didn’t know I needed. I also loved that this was sapphic! I wish that Jack and Alexis could have had a happy ending, but alas, it wouldn’t have been the same story. This is getting a four out of five stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia

my_forest_library's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Murder, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

najah's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

I didn't know that I wanted to hear more about Jack and Jill's story until I read this book. I truly had a wonderful time with the story and flew through the last 100 pages. The writing style was beautiful. I usually have a very tough time imagining things, but I was about to create some sort of image in my head as I read. If you have a more active imagination, you will have no trouble visualizing the scenes. The book is more description driven than dialogue driven, but I was completely fine with that. 

<semi-spoilers> The last 30 pages made me cry and I wasn't expecting it. I am definitely a Jack stan and now thinking about how everyone treated her in the first book makes me irrational angry </semi'spoilers>

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Body shaming, and Pedophilia

I am still unsure if the Master is a p*d*phile, but he gave me those vibes so I put them in the minor content warning. It made me kind of uncomfortable so I felt it necessary to mention it I should also mention that the body shaming is not something that is encouraged or seen as a good thing in this book. A character is called fat in a negative connotation a few times as an insult. I thought it may be important to mention it just in case that may be triggering for some people.