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Rawblood
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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Genre: Horror
Rawblood is the story of Iris Villarca. An eleven-year-old girl who lives with her father at their isolated house Rawblood. Iris soon finds out that there is a horrible congenital disease that runs in their family and that is why her father wants to isolate her and keep her away from everyone else especially her friend Tom. Whether the disease is the truth or just a cover-up to something more sinister that’s for you to find out.
Rawblood was a part of my horror October read. Right from the beginning, I felt the gothic atmosphere of some of the classics. The author’s writing is interesting and brings out lots of mysterious feel from the story. The first half was well written and a lot more focused. Unfortunately, the second half did not work for me. I think the multiple POVs along with the different timeframes were just too much. It felt disjointed and I found myself losing focus and attention.
The concept of the story is exceptional. The characters also felt well developed. In the second half, I feel the author had priority to keep the writing more poetic with the use of lots of prose here and there by different characters. Despite all that, I still feel this could have been better than what it is. It had a considerably solid potential.
Genre: Horror
Rawblood is the story of Iris Villarca. An eleven-year-old girl who lives with her father at their isolated house Rawblood. Iris soon finds out that there is a horrible congenital disease that runs in their family and that is why her father wants to isolate her and keep her away from everyone else especially her friend Tom. Whether the disease is the truth or just a cover-up to something more sinister that’s for you to find out.
Rawblood was a part of my horror October read. Right from the beginning, I felt the gothic atmosphere of some of the classics. The author’s writing is interesting and brings out lots of mysterious feel from the story. The first half was well written and a lot more focused. Unfortunately, the second half did not work for me. I think the multiple POVs along with the different timeframes were just too much. It felt disjointed and I found myself losing focus and attention.
The concept of the story is exceptional. The characters also felt well developed. In the second half, I feel the author had priority to keep the writing more poetic with the use of lots of prose here and there by different characters. Despite all that, I still feel this could have been better than what it is. It had a considerably solid potential.
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Reading Progress
August 13, 2018
– Shelved
August 13, 2018
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August 13, 2018
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October 12, 2021
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October 12, 2021
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October 14, 2021
– Shelved as:
x-3-star
October 14, 2021
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Finished Reading
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Oct 15, 2021 04:15PM
Great review, Constantine! That sounds like a fascinating premise! Too bad the second half didn't quite come together into a cohesive whole.
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A fair and considered review, Constantine. It sounds like it had great potential but missed the mark a bit!
Yun wrote: "Great review, Constantine! That sounds like a fascinating premise! Too bad the second half didn't quite come together into a cohesive whole."Thanks a lot, Yun, I wish the second half had been better too. THis one had all the potential.
Kat wrote: "A fair and considered review, Constantine. It sounds like it had great potential but missed the mark a bit!"Thanks a lot, Kat. This had the potential to be a great story. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
