Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

53 reviews

river_jean_sterling's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Homophobia, Death, Grief, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

brianna_moye's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Murder, and Homophobia

amylynn44's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

anaheeta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

I will convince you to read this in one sentence: 
sapphic and non-binary bandit/librarians in a western dystopian 

Are you convinced?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Gun violence

throwback682's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was fine. It didn’t blow me away. It was a little heavy handed or corny at times. Lots of queer and trans characters. A dystopian future that feels just like the Wild West. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Violence, Vomit, Transphobia, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gun violence, Murder, Grief, Misogyny, Death, and Blood

Minor: Deadnaming

A character’s death by hanging is mentioned throughout

tangleroot_eli's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

A fun, fast read that needed more of everything to really make it stick. Feels like a book that, when I'm reviewing my 2024 reading list in December, I'll think, Oh yeah, I read that, but I won't be able to tell you much about it.

For anyone else thinking, "This was a good but underdeveloped idea," I highly recommend Charlotte Nicole Davis' Good Luck Girls duology. It treads many similar themes and gives them much more room to breathe. https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/2450

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Death

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Sexism, War, and Gun violence

Minor: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Animal cruelty

Graphic: Fascism Minor: Child labor, Betrayal

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Lesbophobia

bakedpotatoes69's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Lesbophobia

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Police brutality, Murder, Blood, Deadnaming, Grief, Gun violence, Death, and Vomit

Minor: War

avidales's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Violence