Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

60 reviews

kspotts2010's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Not Hannah’s best work. Very predicatable , frustrating and sappy,

sarwils's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

skyeeh523's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I cried no less than five times :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit

jenneyrebecca's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

It’s hard to rate the pace of the book because it starts slow and then accelerated rapidly About halfway through.

Two faults: 1. the beginning feels hollow and cliche - a coming of age story about a gangly redhead whose always the new kid at school. (But this quickly evaporates into a compelling and beautiful family drama.) 2. There are a few plot points that feel like they happen only because the author needs them to do something (create tension, let time pass).

(like the move to Seattle and finding the newspaper clipping that prevents them from going home to Alaska, or Mama catching Leni calling Matthew and forbidding her from doing it, which keeps them in Seattle and ignorant of whether he’s recovered, and then when she returns, everyone almost says whether Matthew is conscious but still I hung in every word. Also what about the poor Seattle grandparents? We just leave them behind grieving the loss of their daughter while their granddaughter and great grandson immediately move away forever!

 

It has been a long time since I stayed up all night reading a book. I could NOT put it down. It absolutely hooked me with its themes of domestic abuse, mother-daughter trauma bonding, horrifying discoveries about one’s own parents … and with such a satisfying ending. There are people who would fault the book for not being dark enough, for plot points that aren’t cruel enough. Not me.

And the imagery was great! I have never been to Alaska but I felt I could imagine the town and the people vividly. Two of the heart-rending quotes that stopped and caught me will tell you precisely the core of what this book is about:

“You could always tell when Dad was gone. Everything was easier and more relaxed in his absence.”

“The baby’s minuscule fingers closed around hers. A searing, cleansing, enveloping love blew her heart into a million tiny pieces and reshaped it.”

They seem simple but went to the heart of what hooked me about this book - the felt sense of being in a household with an abusive man

(especially as the realization of it is a huge part of the first half of the book)

and the many mothers in the story learning and sharing what motherhood means.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Rape

ameliag_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-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? Yes

4.5

Jesus Christ that was sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

pagesinthesnow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Vomit, and Classism

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bibliomanijac's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Violence

Minor: Gore and Pregnancy

rebonk's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Pregnancy and War

sarahfeller's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail