Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

24 reviews

good_peony's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Sexual harassment

ashhoney's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

the chalk man is one of those books that are great to nake you shocked by how dark they are, but, it's definetely not an actually good book. some points of the story, such as

Spoiler

eddies' rape scene, the final scene in the asylum and all of the gore based scenes

were not really scary, just uncomfotable ro read. the main plot is overall very confusing and not very enjoyable. there are some points that are actually interesting, but most of the books feels like reading a stephen king book with all of the pages scrambled. overall, it's confusing, but, if you like thrillers, you might want to give it a try, it can be enjoyable when you like violent and shocking scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Murder, and Abortion

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Violence

arthur_pendrgn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 

I liked it and I didn't, so I'm settling on a three. Suspenseful, creepy, and thrilling--yes. Somewhat difficult to follow when tying all of the threads together & reminiscent of Stephen King--also yes.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Gore

Minor: Animal cruelty, Dementia, Animal death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

abitsybat's review against another edition

Not my taste. Very British and felt outdated compared to what i usually read (maybe it was the pov character but i digress)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

fckchickenuggets's review against another edition

4.75

really good. do recommend. great writing, easy read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

gellyreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

seraphina2000's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Suicide, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

mysterymom46's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Terminal illness, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Gore, Self harm, and Child abuse

Spoiler

mentions and experiences of early onset Alzheimer’s; SA on page; prejudice of a person’s physical appearance; incidents of relations between young girls and older men; dismemberment; graphic scenes of physical abuse among minors

anonkat_6's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.75

I had high hopes for this and in the end it kinda let me down if I'm honest.
It wasn't bad per say, just slow at some points and I always expected more but never got it. Overall though I do understand why people like it and it is worth a read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion

alisacress's review against another edition

I can’t stand to read the parts with the bad sexual abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Blood, Physical abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol