Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

20 reviews

highkingmargo's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I'm very satisfied having read it once, but i already want to again, just to better understand certain parts with context.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Gore, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

alex_wordweaver's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

5.0

Beautiful book. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

xxenjoy's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved this book. I initially picked it up without reading any summary because the premise was intriguing, and I'm so glad I did. This is not an easy read, due to the subject matter, but I would recommend it to anyone open to something darker. And to anyone finding it too difficult

the second half is not quite as heavy as the first.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Minor: Gore and Suicidal thoughts

I would warn anyone especially sensitive to things like overstimulation. As someone who experiences it fairly often, parts of the book were difficult to get through, mostly in the first half.

nhollie's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: Gore

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

marsh_mall0w's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder and Fire/Fire injury

maeverose's review against another edition

5.0

I don’t have the words to properly review this but this book is beautiful and everyone should read it (though check content warnings first, there are some heavy themes in it).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Death in childbirth, baby is born after mother died

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, and Grief

discarded_dust_jacket's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Wow. Ok, let me collect my thoughts.

This story is an incredibly imaginative and deeply moving study of generational trauma, the struggle between the importance of remembering and the need to survive, and the power of community—of a people, as one, sharing the weight of history together, grieving and celebrating together.

And beyond that, I love how this book, like its characters, can’t exist on its own. Solomon openly embraces the direct inspiration that birthed the story’s central mythology: a song of the same name by clipping., who, in turn, acknowledges its origins in the work of Detroit-based musical duo Drexciya. 

The afterword puts it beautifully:

“We prefer to imagine each of these objects as artifacts—as primary sources—each showing a different angle on a world whose nature can never be observed in totality. … Experiencing these works requires labor—something like that of an archaeologist who’s discovered multiple texts about the Drexciyan civilization [the underwater society descended from the children of drowned, pregnant enslaved women that forms this story] and is tasked with assembling a picture of that civilization.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and War

suzylit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-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: Child death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Colonisation