Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

8 reviews

devynreadsnovels's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Gun violence, Dementia, Gore, Murder, Violence, Grief, Terminal illness, Police brutality, and War

rebelliosa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: War

Minor: Death

astropova's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Dementia

dreamnotoftoday's review

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Blood

Moderate: Dementia

e_flah's review

emotional 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

4.25

"We shouldn't be brutal just because the universe is."

Sisters of the Vast Black was a thoughtful character study of the nuns who are stationed on the living spaceship Our Lady of Impossible Constellations. The story unfolds slowly but is absolutely worth a bit of patience. I really liked the questions Rather grapples with, like untangling how organized religion has been used to endorse colonialism, and the book left me with a lot to mull over. If you like thoughtful, character-driven reads I would definitely recommend Sisters of the Vast Black.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Gore

disease outbreak, quarantine

simonamiller's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: War and Vomit

jennikreads's review

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Medical trauma

Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, and Death

firefly's review

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• 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

Graphic: Blood and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death