Reviews tagging 'Outing'

Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury

6 reviews

xandra_'s review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Blood, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, and Slavery

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Police brutality, Racism, Deportation, Stalking, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Suicide, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

isleoflinds's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Outing, Drug abuse, and Torture

librarybookscene's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racism, Classism, and Slavery

Moderate: Death, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Medical trauma, Outing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Transphobia, and Cancer

quejk25's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racism, Slavery, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Hate crime, Outing, Transphobia, and Violence

aproudmc13's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child abuse, Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, Outing, Racism, and Transphobia

cuppa_curiositea's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

What a wonderful debut! I heard Liselle talk about her book on a NaNoWriMo write-in last year, and I immediately went to pre-order it! I'm so glad I did because it was an absolute joy to read! Chonky? Yes! But I was interested in all of the threads that were there, so I didn't mind :) Sometimes they did feel a little diluted under the main plot, though. I did feel like the "Voya can't make decisions!" theme is beat into the dialogue and reflections a bit too hard, and I was a little frustrated but how late Voya actually considers her alternative options (even though Johan VERY EXPLICITLY tells her the other option halfway through the book), but the emotional journey underlining all of that progressed in a very natural way. 

I loved how elements of the sci-fi tech and magic were incorporated without over-explaining anything. The world unfolded very naturally, and it was fun to discover little gadgets or spells along the way without disrupting the story to introduce them. Cultural and personal identity is also a prevailing theme that fits in nicely and is explored organically. There are a lot of characters and families to keep track of, but it didn't feel like too much.

I really like the Voya and Luc don't end up together. As I was reaching the end, I was worried that they would make improbably amends, and I really admire the writer and editor for not forcing a happy romance ending! (and for not forcing a happy ending for Keis, though I still feel bad for her) The Lauren arc felt very slow, and there was a point where I just assumed that there wouldn't be a conclusion to it... I kind of wish we had gotten to see Voya and Lauren's friendship and then have her go missing later in the book. I had kind of stopped caring about it by the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Deadnaming, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Outing, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, and Torture