Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely

4 reviews

joy_s's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

Lyle and Jude are happily married when a virus breaks out that causes the infected to behave aggresively and violently, so they're basically zombies. Lyle gets bitten, but manages to survive thanks to a vaccine. However, the vaccine only slowed down the virus for Lyle, so Jude has to grieve while having to watch his husband slowly deteriorate. The themes of grief and love are presented in such a beautiful and heartfelt manner. I am very glad I checked this book out despite how much I hate stuff that involves zombies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

arlingtonchamberofgay's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

A quick, interesting read. Good take on "zombies" and very well written. Sad but good! I would love to read a longer version to feel a bit more connected to the characters for the end to have that big emotional impact. But still a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Child death and Homophobia