Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne

124 reviews

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Ba-da-ba-ba-ba, I’m loving it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit

mr_trew's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

With a slow start for the first 100 pages, the world is built and set for a fast paced adventure through a beautifully written cast of characters, all with fleshed our pasts that are revealed along your journey. I cannot recommend this book enough! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

green_with_3nvy's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

kmedusa's review

Too violent for my sensitive soul

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, and Violence

meant2breading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

My first ever Norse mythology and John Gwynne book. Did not disappoint! While I didn’t love what happened to a couple of the characters, I understood how it was important to the larger story. How could you not root for Orka and all of her badassery? I also read this with audio and Colin Mace was an outstanding narrator!! He made me feel like I was there for every minute of each POV,  including all the cheese eating (Svik is fantastic), shield walls, and absolute GORY skull crushing. Gwynne sure writes some of the best fight scenes. Looking forward to finishing the series! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content

joliebean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aileron's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery and Kidnapping

lillimariexo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

allygogo's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

erinjeanette's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Blood, and War