Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

2 reviews

bearystarry's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Obviously kind of difficult to truly rate a book containing a person’s entire body of work but I had a mostly middling experience overall so that’s what it gets.

Basically a lot of beautiful, moody writing interjected with some very intense moments of hideous racism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation

roadki77's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

His poetry ranges from a lovelorn man to psychosis incarnate. His stories are even more insane, and often contain magical or fantastical elements. Themes vary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Cannibalism