Reviews tagging 'Death'

Juice Like Wounds by Seanan McGuire

8 reviews

jlmcclean's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

keen's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment

thoseoldcrows23's review

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I remember wanting to this story back in the day when I originally read In An Absent Dream, and I'm quite please with what McGuire gives us here. This is some of the strongest writing in the whole series, and it is genuinely heartbreaking. I think this could have benefited from being longer (especially in regards the the actual fight with the Wasp Queen), but other than that, no complaints. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

bluejayreads's review

4.0

In my review of In an Absent Dream, I complained that the book was too short because one of Lundy's friends straight-up died and you only find that out in dialogue after the fact. I guess Seanan McGuire heard my complaints, because this is the story of the great quest that lead to that death. As anticipated, it was wrenchingly sad, although I think it would have had even more impact if I'd read it directly after In an Absent Dream. It was also very lyrical and heavy on the feelings of being a child - specifically the invincibility and belief that nothing truly bad is going to happen to you - but significantly less atmospheric than I expected. Which is a disappointment, because I love the goblin market that Lundy goes to and I wanted to spend more time there. But this is a short story, not a full book, and for what it is it really works. Fantastical and heartwrenching, as every Wayward Children story tends to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

Minor: Body horror

directorpurry's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

anastasia17's review

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

anni_swanilda's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child death

booksthatburn's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Violence