Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber

6 reviews

katvou's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Kidnapping, Child death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

jillie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

“But the problem with happily ever after is that it’s more of an idea than a reality. A dream that lives on after a storyteller is finished. But real stories never finish.”

Y’all. I read this the day it came out & have struggled to review it, especially after seeing all the people disappointed with it. For me, this was PERFECT. I loved this conclusion & wouldn’t change a thing! I thought it was the most romantic & the focus of the two fighting for what they wanted aaagg (trying to avoid spoilers). Conclusions are always so difficult to write & the only other time in recent years I’ve found one as perfect as this was The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden.

Garber’s writing is so beautiful! I’m impressed with how it keeps getting better. In this installation she did a masterful job building off of the foundations she set in the first two books & I loved where she focused this one. I laughed, I cried, I loved every second of this journey. Thank you, Stephanie!!

ps I included the quote at the top because I think it explains a lot of what her intent was & it just worked so well. I love this storybook atmosphere she’s created 🥰

October 2023

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Animal death, and Blood

chronicacademia's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Stalking, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Torture, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

dianaschmidty's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Torture

sarah_loves_books's review

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Confinement, Animal death, Death of parent, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Torture

aplain's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Sexual content, Gore, Kidnapping, Death, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Torture, and Cursing