Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Dunkle Zeitalter by Pierce Brown

19 reviews

entropyseeker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

I dropped this series 8 or so years ago because Darrow's decline from a man of the people into a man of war made my heart too sad. Picking this book up after so many years later and I forgot just how gruesome the Red Rising series can be. I know it's called Dark Age, but goddamn, read the content warnings. Once again, characters you love die and things only get worse for our cast. Fingers crossed that it eventually looks up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

mfrichter10's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cathxknight's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

to think back to how it all started so bitter sweet, then go to the end where everything has shifted

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Death

kaylak58's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rheagoveas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and War

winston53's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

Holy shit. This was a tough read in the fact that sometimes I had to put the book down and process what had happened. The violence, brutality, and heartbreak in this book is not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mqabbadbest's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

arkiwi88's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, and Death of parent

ataraxia96's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Gore, and War

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

This book was BRUTAL. Not just because just about everything that could go wrong did. Not just because our heroes were backed into all corners. But because the author thought it would be cute to kill every third character 😭 I feel like I’ve lost so much of my heart. But I must see this series through because it couldn’t have all been for nothing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Outing

Minor: Addiction