Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum

40 reviews

01melon's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I'm confused

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Blood

pigsjillyjiggs's review

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness, and Blood

carbinara's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is sort of how I think devout Christians imagine pegging to be. 

On the real though, loved the descriptions of the illness, especially as someone who has very thin, irritable skin and thus found it entirely too relatable. I just think some of the narrative was a little hard to follow, which wasn’t helped by the flowery language. That being said, I think it was a deliberate choice to keep things mysterious, so not a huge issue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

royallysnooch's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity and Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug use and Sexual content

jbrys's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

I liked the pacing. The book is exactly long enough with a good balance between exposition and dialogue. However, much of it went over my head (I think) and I feel like I didn't get out of it what I needed to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail

quinnoriel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Gore, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

hannahpeterson's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Terminal illness

quietcaribou's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

A very neat short book. Surprisingly romantic to me, at the end. Don’t read if you can’t handle some body horror, but honestly it didn't feel like it was presented for shock factor, I felt sort of how Louise did about it - chill, not disgusted, it was just another part of the story. I felt like the sentences were hard to parse at the beginning, took a few pages before I got the hang of it, and things got way more fluid as I read on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Medical content

unicornpng's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 Great, short read! I loved the way Louise describes Edward's wilting body, it felt so tender despite the blunt horror of it all. I also like that the

flower? entity? entity's

origin wasn't fully explained, it's usually scarier that way. :^)

That said, I would not do all that for a husband like Edward LOL. Still a good read! 👍 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Gore and Infidelity

itsjustgrumpy's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore