Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Костяные корабли by RJ Barker

4 reviews

kastix's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

drace556's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault and Fire/Fire injury

carolined's review against another edition

40% I'm just not a fan of grimdark and this book just keeps heaping it on. I liked the world building and ecology but hated every character and life is too short. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

An entire society explicitly based on ableism and child sacrifice presented as unquestioned by the characters.