Reviews tagging 'Gore'

White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

10 reviews

chelseareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

Yikes. I'm not used to reading this type of book and it was a lot. But so well-written and carefully planned. The narration was excellent and the pacing was good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Racism, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty

chelsealchampion's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

An eerie neo-Gothic read, ultimately enjoyable but gets off to a very slow start. It took me awhile to differentiate between the constantly changing narrators. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Gore and Xenophobia

maceydowns's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

upon finishing I immediately had to go back and read the beginning again. Such a unique read that I’m sure you’d get more from on every reread 🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking

talonsontypewriters's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Gore, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and War

mel_j's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

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

poirot's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement and Gore

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, and Incest

j_squaredd's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

I would likely rate this much higher if I were in a different headspace when I had read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, and Mental illness

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death of parent

frankenqueer's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Racism, and Cannibalism

Minor: Death of parent

headachesince03's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and War

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Xenophobia, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sallywardlaw's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Self harm, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Stalking