Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

5 reviews

fraeyalise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

What a lovely, lovely story that exists in our world with us, and what a pleasure it is to exist at the same time. 

This book will stay with me for a long time. It was very detailed and long winded, but the details could not be cut without substantially changing the story and making it worse. 

Everything builds so slowly, it moves like a thunderstorm. 

The ending made me cry, all my feelings are very complicated about it, but I am happy with the ending and how everything wrapped up. 

I'm so grateful that we, the Readers, got to see the entire story with all the parts. 

I was a bit intimidated by this book because of the length, but I am so glad I found the courage to begin it. What a world. What a story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, and War

In a book set in the 1800s England during the Napoleonic Wars with one of the main characters being a Fairy with no regard for human life, there is a fair amount of horrors that come with it. Also in a book with over 1000 pages, there's no way to have a story without some potentially triggering content. I will say Clarke does an excellent job of talking about sensitive topics, and mentions of some of the more horrible things, while blunt on purpose, are thankfully brief.

nefariousbee's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

almost a thousand pages and I keep asking myself, what was this all for? I thought that there would be some major reveal, a plot twist, something majestic to make up for that long ass set up but. there wasn't. questions were not answered, it didn't even really *end*, no big character arc was finished... I don't know. I don't know why I bothered to finish this. I guess it's kind of easy to read. and it's atmospheric sometimes. but don't read this for the characters, don't read it for the magic system (there isn't one), don't read it for the plot... 
the imagery and some moments were really strong. I can't deny that and I don't want to. but I just can't figure out why there needs to be so much of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Racism, Sexism, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Gore, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

mkaiww's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I love the use of foot notes it makes the world feel expensive and lived in like there is more information just off screen that is excluded simply because it's not the focus of the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence and Hate crime

jessthanthree's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Racism, Sexism, and War

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Slavery, Transphobia, and Death of parent

nicolleschumacher's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced

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

4.5

This is the longest book that I have read to date but I really enjoyed the journey of it. I found it to be very funny (the humour is very reminiscent of Jane Austen) but also interesting, definitely something that has to be reread to truly understand completely. I wish we saw more of Childermass as he was my favourite. I can see myself rereading this in the future as a comfort read as it’s not too heavy but it really engulfs you in the story and there is so much to discover and ponder on. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: Confinement, Sexism, and War