Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake

32 reviews

bskalka's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed how this book did not take itself serious until the end. I loved all of the characters (except Isis but she didn't make me mad enough to lower the rating so its fine) and how they interacted with each other. I'm not going to lie though, I did not understand the tables at all. Maybe its because I don't read a lot of heavy fantasy but I just could not wrap my head around how the games were being played. I did, however, find myself impressed with the authors ability to create the world she did. I could never think of a concept like this let alone write an almost 400 page book about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

kelisabeth's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and War

mj_86's review against another edition

funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

frenchpants's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-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

3.75

Was the plot a little convoluted at times? Yes. Were some characters unnecessary to the story? Also yes. Were some lines a little cringy to read and sounded like someone choosing words from a thesaurus at random? Big time. 

However, if you push through, you will find a story about how achingly beautiful mortality really is. This book may not be a 5/5, but it certainly will leave you feeling a little bit brighter and maybe a tad bit more hopeful about the future that lies ahead.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Blood, and Murder

chris_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Blood and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment

paigehf's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

biobeetle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

akswhy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

Supremely creative narrative structure that was only occasionally hard to follow with vibrantly entertaining characters. It took a minute to get going plot-wise, but the early character work definitely paid off later in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

missmali's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Murder

ilaxaria's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Blood