Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Inspection by Josh Malerman

8 reviews

keen's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Grief

readingwithmycats's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

schmoobles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement

hannahstromauthor9's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Wow. This was an amazing book that had me hooked from the get-go. The writing and prose was genius in how it displayed dread and paranoia. It made my heart beat faster too. I didn't want to put this book down. 

And what a crazy yet righteous ending. I just want to read more. 

I do wish the kids were older than thirteen so some elements didn't feel so strange, but I also get why the kids had to be that age.

Loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Gore

analea_lucille's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

nrogers_1030's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

voilajean's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This was pretty well executed considering how ridiculously heteronormative it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abortion and Acephobia/Arophobia

thormagnarok's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.5

So incredibly slow for the majority. Focused on characters that weren’t interesting or enjoyable - I skipped whole sections of the author character and I found the writing repetitive and obnoxious. The last hundred pages are interesting, and then

incredibly, needlessly gorey

.  Unnecessary, overall. Interesting premise, terrible execution. 

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Content Warnings

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