Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Lute by Jennifer Marie Thorne

5 reviews

bookcaptivated's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Car accident, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content, War, Cancer, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Vomit, Infidelity, and Dementia

sarrie's review

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.5

2.5?
   I'm not sure exactly what the... point? On this one was. I saw some themes on home, parenthood, sacrifice, etc. Yet it all seemed to lack something for me. 
   The plot itself seemed pretty predictable, and for the book was just weirdly crammed. I feel like perhaps we needed more space to explore what the author was doing and seeing, more tension needed created for it to really pack an umph. 
   Additionally I really just did not like that romance?

Spoiler

I know she was on the island for 7 years and the person in question 'hated her' the 'whole time'. Did he fall in love with her at first sight? Which coincidently would have been on his wife and child's funeral?! There just wasn't any development there. Maybe I missed it but what seemed to be described was - She arrived, newly married and he hated her. In fact he got into a fight with her new husband/his old best friend (which seems to be implied to have something to do with her?), then proceeded to 'hate' her but in truth pine over here since. Keep in mind she showed up like days after his family died in a fire.

   It was just kind of ick and felt very awkward. I had other icky feelings on how parenthood, death of a parent, children at risk felt clumsily handled but I think this just wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

brigettes's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

thriller, dark and mysterious. a very unique concept. great twist at the end that I only guessed a chapter or two before it happened. a bit gory and hard to read at times, touches on some dark topics and there was lots of constan  tension (the attempts at reprise from this weren't great), but overall a good thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Gore, Death, and War

Moderate: Gaslighting and Child death

Minor: Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, War, Mental illness, and Grief

bookishbutch's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Cursing, Blood, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

rosesandreviews's review

3.5

Gripping, dark, and unsettling. 

Philosophically heavy: ethics, morality, mortality.

TW: death, murder, gore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and War

Moderate: Gore