Reviews tagging 'Blood'

We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

22 reviews

claire_3lyse's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Medical trauma and Pregnancy

alexis_mai's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Self harm

Minor: Homophobia

tetetaeskz's review

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-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: Blood, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Outing, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

froggy_flow3r's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

the universe may forget us, but it doesn't matter. because we are the ants, and we'll keep marching on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

ashleycmms's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

chloevienna's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.25

literally the most accurate portrayal of mental health struggles i’ve ever read. mind the triggers but i think this is critical for everyone to read before they die.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Homophobia

nicole134340's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

sad and slow af

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

akira_outofthegravity's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

After the suicide of his boyfriend and being abandoned by his best friend, Henry is left alone in the world. He’s in a toxic relationship with his bully, his awful older brother is going to be a dad, and his grandmother is slowly losing herself to dementia. Henry is also periodically kidnapped by aliens. They’ve now given him a choice, the world will blow up in a couple months time, and only Henry has the power to stop it. But will he find a reason to?

This book is everything I wanted A Little Life to be, it doesn’t shy away from its very delicate and sad subject matter, but Henry’s evolution into his better self is incredible and honestly gave me hope that I, too, could be semi functional one day. His suicidal ideation is very well written and the death of his boyfriend Jesse is very delicately handled, and shows the aftermath of that act without blaming anyone- including Jesse himself. All in all this is a heartbreaking story but it ends happily, which is all I can ask for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Henry’s brothers girlfriend miscarries their unborn child

postal_kat's review

emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Dementia, Death, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Drug use, and Drug abuse

mxfahrenheit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Feels almost identical to At the Edge of the Universe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts