Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Deep by Nick Cutter

42 reviews

telliot's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I could not put this book down. It was unnerving and claustrophobic. I was a bit lost at some parts, but it just added to the ambiance of confusion and disorientation the MC was experiencing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, and Animal death

allisonmalakowsky's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Incest, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

wallabystew's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, Violence, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Pedophilia

goldenluck's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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? Yes

4.75

I feel... cold. And disturbed. 

I will say this book is deeply disturbing, akin to A24's Midsommar. It is profoundly chilling, which is exactly what you want from a horror novel. The descriptions are graphic and take a distinct turn to the otherworldly and mystical -- do not expect hard science here. 

Do not read if you are in a poor mental state. Please take the content warnings seriously. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Body horror

oliviavm8's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Decent book with amazing detail and body horror. Many moments left me feeling grossed out which is perfect for me. Characters seemed detached and unrealistic, I didn’t form any meaningful attachments to them. I’d say about 70% of the book was worth reading and good- the last 30 was too based on shock value with little/no resolution. The ending left me frustrated as it had so much potential and the writing was wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Grief, and Pedophilia

sexyevilwizard's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault and Animal cruelty

hstbooks94's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Gore

chemicallykat's review against another edition

1.75

I'm an absolute sucker for the deep sea. Anything set on the sea floor is automatically on my tbr regardless of genre or quality. If anyone has any recs... let me know!!

Sections of this bored me and other sections seemed like they were just there for shock value. 

This was creepy, dark, and graphic. The beginning was slow but introduced some neat concepts. The middle lost me a bit. I wanted to know what was going on and I was not getting answers! The way this book is written is confusing. Half the time I couldn't figure out what was real and what wasn't.

The writing wasn't to my preference - some scenes felt unnecessary, and the characters and dialogue drove me nuts.

The author tends to make a lot of comparisons, "it looked like a glob of partially set Jell-O" and sometimes these came back-to-back and felt redundant. If you say something is colorless, you don't also have to make a comparison to something colorless in the next line.

The way the main character kept describing his mom weirded me out. Every time she was mentioned, even in passing, he'd make a comment to remind us his mom was fat. In general, character descriptions and characterization were sorely lacking. Characters seemed like they were only there for the plot. There's no development and I could not tell you a single thing about any of them beyond factual things like "scientist" or "father."

Beyond that, the plot was THIN. Chapters are repetitive and everything was predictable. Throwing in a "magical" element felt like a lazy way to skip explaining anything properly, and quite frankly, I don't get it.

The child SA was so unnecessary and didn't add a single thing - so why was it included? There are a million other things that could have been included instead. It didn't add to the creepy/horror factor the book was developing and felt like shock-value because it's thrown in and never dealt with properly.In general, the sexual stuff seemed like it could have been cut. At multiple points there's a paragraph or two detailing how hard a man's dick is. What was the relevance? Am I missing something?

I was intrigued by the mysteries of "the Gets" and the ambrosia, but I don't feel like any of that was wrapped up or handled properly. Instead, this became an intentionally confusing gorefest that had a... weird ending that very much didn't satisfy me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, Medical content, Murder, Animal death, Child death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

marthadude's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Torture, Confinement, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Minor: Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Pedophilia, and Cannibalism

Heavy triggers for animal cruelty and fatphobia.

Spoiler

The dog dies/ meets a gate worse than death and it’s really sad and disgusting.

Also if you’re squeamish about bees/insects there’s a lot of that in here.

duckleberryferry's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

What WAS that? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body horror, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Fatphobia, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, and Self harm