Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

20 reviews

mxajlikesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer

fe_aye's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

3.5

Solid book, if you’re a fan of The Mediator series by Meg Calbot you’ll enjoy this. It’s the same sort of vibe with a new setting, new rules and a darker plot line. Reading this was simultaneously a blast from the past and something entirely new. An interesting take on the concept of being able to see ghosts and what that can do to your life. 
Along with the paranormal is a good mystery element that keeps you guessing. Great book really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Classism

milessmiles's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

I read this for my bookclub and it was fun!! :) 

(positive)
- loved most characters, and even liked the main character towards the end (great character development) 
- such a cool idea!! would love a sequel or a prequel 
- i really liked the writing! 

(negative)
- Just overall, my main issue with this one was the world building and the pacing. Would have loved to learn more about the world, i have way too many unanswered questions. And it felt pretty slow in the beginning and then rushed in the end. 
- the random transphobia from the main character.. this didn't need to be in the book (was a huge critique point at my bookclub meeting too)
- just lots of trauma that kinda didn't get questioned mhh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, and Transphobia

pan_to_ffel's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Transphobia

needles stitching a wound

kiwii091's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

Absolutely amazing book - definitely one of my favourite reads! Takes a little while to really get going, but the characters and plot were beautifully well written which made the wait worth it. The map at the beginning of the book also really helped aid with getting a feel for the setting/ where characters were as they constantly moved about and was nice addition overall. The mixture of

magic and science

was very well done as well, and a very interesting concept that bindes the two together during the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Self harm, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, and Transphobia

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Phenomenal writing by Rosie,
From disabled rep to queer rep set in the beautiful city of York where I live I literally couldn’t put this book down at all! 
From start to finish I was stuck deep in. For a debut it has phenomenal writing and I’ve never read anything like it.  
Definitely a forever fave 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

amyejones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

A beautiful debut with loveable diverse characters and twists and turns around every page. This book will haunt me, but in a good way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

sauvageloup's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

very good, very gripping. plot is a little complex so will be worth a reread.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Grief

cndillon17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

emilysbookishlife's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and War