Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

15 reviews

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense

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

5.0

I loved this book so much. I'm 32 and haven't had feelings over a horse book like this in decades. It was exactly what I needed right now and scratched my kelpie itch perfectly. The ending also

healed my White Fang wound from decades before

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Alcohol

Minor: Colonisation

uselesspirateraven's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexism, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Classism

starlit01's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny

bcvitalwrites's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, and Grief

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

While this may have been an incredibly dark book, the bright beams of hopefulness shined through. Puck was admirable as she attempted to do everything within her power to save her family's house - even if it puts her in immense danger and could be the death of her. I also appreciate how Sean never resented the water horses for their nature and how that lead to the death of his father. He spent all of his efforts devoted to training and ensuring the safety of the water horses they brought into their facility. 

The dual POV was really nice and left the story feeling very balanced. I absolutely anticipate a re-read in the future. After reading so many of Maggie's other books I can't believe the horse girl in me didn't pull this off my TBR earlier. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Like I mentioned in the review, this book is pretty dark. The water horses are carnivorous and predators. This leads to some very graphic injuries/gore from situations involving them.

starreddust's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Body horror and Gore

novelshire's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

kryan1's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Gore