Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

191 reviews

ashlyncherie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What do I even say? I have never read a book that made me feel this way. It is absolute perfection. I shed tears for this book and for Darrow. Pierce Brown has written an emotional masterpiece that is top of the genre. This book will feel legendary in my heart for as long as I live. ❤️💛

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

rifflerafflereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

The concept of fighting for freedom, rights, or equality is abstract and daunting. The immensity of the concept is enough to scare most into passivity. This is a story of one such person. It's an emotional, intense, dark, and violent story with heart and humor that never loses track of the origins of the story, or the main character, Darrow  - one who acts for change not because he cannot accept the status quo but because the status quo has changed to something he could not accept. I believe the beginning of this book will resonate with many people for a long time; “I would have lived in peace, but my enemies brought me war.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Violence, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Ableism and Rape

queerhoneybear's review against another edition

Main character is unsympathetic, feels like it is fanfiction about someone else’s world building. Sexual violence. It wants you to think it’s dark and edgy but is just another white mans chance to be the chosen one and inflict violence on the female characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror and Cannibalism

timmytunter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

h_scharff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

emwebz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Rape, and Sexism

ngozi528's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape

loquaciousleon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book lived up to the hype.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

booksense's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ciecyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Wow that was a lot. I feel like I got lost in the details a lot of the time. Getting confused about characters with similar names since there were so many. But it was interesting to see how Darrow grew and changed and learned, the friends he acquired, and the strategies implemented. I was a bit disappointed at tge ending. I wish he would have chose the 3rd instead to pledge loyalty to. Anyway it was an interesting story though long and complicated in the details and history 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent