Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta, Zoe Hana Mikuta

35 reviews

ella7211's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, Gore, Death of parent, and Death

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

1.5

I was really looking forward to this since I'm a huge mecha fan and have heard great things, but perhaps my expectations were too high. The worldbuilding is... virtually nonexistent; the side characters are all forgettable and interchangeable, and Eris and Sona aren't much better; their relationship is poorly developed and unconvincing; the pacing is very disjointed, rushing through the opening only to screech to a complete halt for the majority of the book and then seem to remember there's a main driving plot only in the last like 5 chapters; the writing is simultaneously painfully purple and dry as hell, managing to say in two paragraphs what could be achieved in a sentence while also frequently not really saying anything at all. The heavy helping of classic YA dystopia melodrama also made me roll my eyes so hard and so often I thought I was going to give myself a headache.

The ideas behind Gearbreakers aren't bad at all, but their execution left a lot to be desired for me -- I kind of wish I had just rewatched Evangelion or a Gundam series instead. I'll hesitantly keep an eye on Mikuta's future releases, though, as the flaws may even themselves out with age and experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Genocide, Medical content, Xenophobia, Bullying, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Vomit

Eye trauma/gore.

tjmcharg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, and Violence

kaylamoran's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.75

Was it well written?  No.  Was the world building so full of holes there were times I genuinely didn't know what was happening?  Yes.  Did I eat up all the sapphic yearning and immediately want to read book 2?  Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Torture

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Body horror, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Genocide and Confinement

audreyreadz's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, War, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

salemander's review against another edition

5.0

this shit was so STRESSFUL oh my god. please i just want them to have their happy little found family why is everybody having a bad time !!!!!!!
to be serious for a moment this book has some incredible dialogue around war and how children play such a huge role in it and goddamn is it fucking devastating. just heartbreaking and all too real. 
now please give them the chance to be fucking happy in the next book PLEASE

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Torture, Body horror, Grief, Violence, and War

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Police brutality, Torture, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, and Violence

recycled_personalities's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.75

HOLY SHIT! Ok it’s like a little slow at the beginning BUT I SWEAR JUST KEEP GOING IT GETS SO GOOD. I’m immediately buying the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Medical content, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Abandonment, Bullying, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Physical abuse

jupitersuns's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-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

I love this book so much! I would give this a rating of all the stars, planets, moons, and dust in all the universes and galixies combined because it deserves it! 

I wish I didn't go through a reading drought where I had no motivation for the act. Because this is one of the best books I have ever read! 

It is a shame that my family doesn't like sci-fi like I do because they are missing out! 

And I love the sapphic storyline ... But I finished this on Valentine's Day so it felt like a punch in the gut for being single🙃

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Gore

There are a lot of scenes where it mentions blood. Some scenes go into a deeper detail about what wounds are being dealt. So if you are a sensitive reader be wary. Warning: Chapter 10 (Sona's POV) is very gorey (at least personally to me it was hard to read)

stressed_daisyy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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

4.75

I *loved* this book! It was the most enjoyable read I've had in a long time. It was the perfect balance of humor, action, and emotion. The only flaw was the sometimes-cheesy dialogue-- which made the book slightly less believable, but overall, it had everything I love in a novel! Super-cool worldbuilding, found family, awesome sapphic romance...what more could you want? This is a fantastic debut novel, and I'm thrilled to see more from Mikuta.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Body horror, Gore, and Blood