Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Island by Adrian McKinty

23 reviews

moxiereads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

I thought we agreed enough with the fucking HP references in recently published books?!

The dialogue is so cringey and unnatural, honestly I think McKinty has never interacted with a Gen Z person.

Weird description of a 14 YEAR OLD GIRL “she’s really starting to grow out…could be mistaken for 16 even” WTF

These kids are absolute brats, Tom is an entitled white man, and Heather is meh-Characters are just one dimensional 

Who the fuck goes to a private island where they even state “no laws there” LIKE I WOULD BE ON DRUGS TO AGREE TO THAT AFTER HEARING HOW THE MEN TALKED ABOUT IT 

We killed someone, let’s leave the island…def Americans with how entitled they act when visiting other places (I say this as an American)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Gore and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

seraphimshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was an absolute rideeee! the plot itself was so original and well done and reminded me of the show "The Yellowjackets" with the whole "stranded survival" trope. My only issue with this book would be the ending as I expected more of a "bang" and fight, but it was still good. Heather's an amazing protagonist and the antagonist's (especially Matt) are also very well written. Some of the occurrences were a bit outlandish, but this is one of those books that would be rightfully done on the screen and as a show/movie adaptation. Popcorn thriller for sure!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Pedophilia and Rape

wondahwoman's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism and Terminal illness

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

princess_marie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicide, Vomit, and Alcohol

lexithelion's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

This book is SO good I could not put it down. I had a tough time deciding between it being character or plot-driven because the plot of this book is so straightforward, driving, and easy to feel and understand but ultimately the characters' growth describes their choices and makes me feel tense. We begin with a seemingly normal and very realistic family that ends up in a very 0-100 tense situation and the terror is real. The way that Tom's true character comes to fruition lines up with how Heather would experience finding out who he truly is. The book's resolution is extremely satisfying and every character arc feels real. I love the potential super-naturalness that occurs from the islander's perspective, viewing Heather as a sort of Karma for their past sins. Excellent book; would read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, and Medical content

This is a very dark book. There is only peaceful bliss in the very last chapter. Please see my content warning tags for dark themes in this book.

jkar7's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

4.75

This book was fantastic. I had no idea what it was about going in, and was quickly intrigued. I found it to be pretty fast paced. I grew to like the characters. The only things keeping me from rating this 5 stars is that I often found myself thinking "how would they know that?" or "Yeah right". If the characters' backgrounds were built out a bit more, I might feel differently but overall I appreciated that it ramped up quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Confinement

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

dev921's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

lyndis8377's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, and Murder