Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

24 reviews

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

claudia_bow's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, and Death of parent

spellboundchapters's review against another edition

dnf p.156/288
I don't think this is a bad book, it just wasn't for me !
The beginning of the story was really fast and I was really enjoying it, even though I wished that it went a little slower. But then I hit a point where everything felt very slow and repetitive. All the characters outside of Pheby seemed one dimensional.
There was also a lot of graphic violence and I felt like I was just reading a succession of rape scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Excrement, and Vomit

roemsy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Incredibly well-written and heartbreaking. The content warnings are abundant with this one. I was moved to tears. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Death of parent