Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

30 reviews

jei_reads_sometimes's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

rgrgrg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

beccaand's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy

hchandler1092's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Was expecting this book to have more descriptive horror aspects and scenes, but it was more of a creepy and morbid undertone with focus on the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Suicide

clarkg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

Reading this book felt like being under a spell. There were so many delicious threads to unravel that I could not stop picking at it until I reached the end. My two main critiques are that 1.) The present-day narrative is noticeably less captivating than the historical narrative and 2.) I feel like there were missed opportunities to subvert established tropes. That said, it avoided being predictable and had some genuinely unsettling moments. Reader, I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

fin_pilot's review

dark mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Lesbophobia

yellow_ylugbug'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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Pregnancy

carrots02's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

i will be thinking about this book for a long time. it’s delightfully eerie and weird and sapphic! i borrowed it from the library and before i got halfway through i ordered it from my local bookstore. 

the characters are fascinating. the story is rich with history and gory details. i adore how self referential it is and that it’s truly a mystery!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual assault

kharlan3's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Yellow jackets feature heavily in the horror