Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

25 reviews

cj13's review

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Violence

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Gore, Blood, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, and Genocide

artstitute's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

As someone who doesn't read a lot of murder mysteries, I can get frustrated when they take too long to reveal information. This book had really solid pacing that kept me engaged the whole time — doubly impressive for a debut novel! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore and Medical content

katrinky's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

good mystery, but got a little muddled sometimes (are they leeches? or vampires? or just magic evil humans?) and I didn't find the characters to be very deeply-drawn. I recommend it for YA fans, mystery fans, thriller fans, and anyone into vampire/mythical lore. and HIGHLY recommend for anyone looking to read more Native authors and see more Native protagonists.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Car accident, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Grief, and Violence

ariiw's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, and Racism

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

emotional sad

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

I feel like one of the plotlines just never got resolved and I disagree with the main character on 

Spoiler

how Abe Allerton should've just died like it does make sense for dying ppl to be extremely desperate

. Besides those, the pace is slow until it becomes fast in the final 100ish pages and there are emotional scenes towards the end, just like a milder version of Record of a Spaceborn Few.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Death of parent, Gore, Car accident, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Hate crime

Minor: Animal death, Ableism, and Blood

Ableism is specifically use of unchallenged ableist language: the word "h*ndicap"

booklover26's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Gore, Murder, and Violence

daryn's review

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Car accident

Moderate: Animal death and Murder

Minor: Colonisation

jjjreads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious sad 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: Car accident, Death, Colonisation, Grief, Racism, Animal death, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Minor: Medical trauma, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Gun violence

rmperash's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Cursing, Genocide, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, and Grief

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Car accident, Gore, Murder, Racism, Gun violence, Body horror, Classism, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Self harm

Missing persons. Insects. Near-drowning. Mild unreality (time/space distortion).