Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Soul of Ash and Blood: A Blood and Ash Novel by Jennifer L. Armentrout

26 reviews

bookishmind_13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

vettechmama3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

I'm only giving 3.5⭐️ but I still loved this book. It is basically a retelling of books 1 & 2 but from his POV and with a few new things thrown in. It was fast paced only because you have already basically read it. But that doesn't mean it wasn't a fun read. I always enjoying seeing the alternate POV to get a better understanding of characters which we got. Obsessed with this world and these characters and still loving the tandem read between both series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Torture and War

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

Was this simply a money grab and place holder? Yes. Did I love it anyways? Pretty much. I figured this would be the perfect thing to get me out of a reading slump because it was both an old and new book. It took a bit for me to get into but the story dragged me back in all over again. Might just read FBAA next to see whose POV I like more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Fatphobia and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death

bhard07's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

mykingdomforabookworthreading's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

selestre's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective slow-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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Classism

coris_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Minor: War

beebowbabe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-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

5.0

Had me giggling and licking my feet the whole way through a pretty tense point in this series lol. 💛💛

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Body shaming

None of the abuse is done by the main characters. The suicidal thoughts are in the past.

itmakessenseincontext's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

3.5

Controversial, but I think this was the best book in the series.

As in the most well written. 

I loved how it was structured, and how JLA explored mental health, trauma, recovery, and worthiness through Casteel, and I felt myself relating to him a lot in this book, and I was in tears a few times because certain passages felt like a callout. In a good way, because it made me think about how I treat myself, and why certain passages were triggering for me.

If you are just here for more or Poppy and Cas and finding out what happens next you won't enjoy it, and I think that's why people dislike it. But if you approach it as a look into Casteel's mind, vulnerability, trauma, and healing its a wonderfully well written book, and an enjoyable read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

I really want to emphasise the Mental Illness, Self Harm, and Suicide trigger warnings. I dont know if I was just really vulnerable while reading, but these topics hit me very hard, and I'm normally able to deal with them very well. They are addressed with care and sensitivity, but if you have gone through this they will be extremely relatable, at least they were for me

abicaro17's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

2.0

This was tortuous. So goddamm slow and boring. Almost everything in here is part of the first book and she we already knew. I was pulling my hair out and skimming shit bc fuck this. This made me hate Cas a little because he clearly knew what would happen if he slept with her before she knew the truth too. Even Kieran did! That said, the scenes that are new (present day stuff, scenes where Cas was separated from Poppy, and the pre-Poppy stuff) were interesting, funny, and pretty sick. I wish thus was a novella with just the 150 pages of new stuff. I would have given it a 3.5-4 but everything else makes this book burnable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism