Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young

8 reviews

klb77's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I liked this a lot! An inner child deep in my heart feels pretty powerful after the fact, definitely check content warnings to see if it’s a story for you. I’m intrigued to see where it could go from here 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Infertility

kencil's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

cheesy_crackers's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Sooooooo Good!!!!! (also Mena x Syd) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexism, Infertility, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

space_bandit's review

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? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Gore, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Confinement, and Rape

Minor: Suicide and Infertility

dtimmerman's review

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Gore

lydiaf's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Confinement

very_offkey_kazoo's review

inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I couldn’t put it down; I read it from cover to cover in three hours.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit

Minor: Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Pedophilia, and Rape

bethany_books's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Body horror, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Infertility, Gore, and Emotional abuse