Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake

14 reviews

meganpbennett's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

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

1.0

The Girl in His Shadow is really, really, really hard to rate. There were parts of it that were excellent and other parts that were very much in the 'why bother reading or even writing this book.'

The book was very well-written and engaging, and gave a really good look at the time period. I found some of the medical scenes a bit too accurate. As it was period-accurate, there was a lot of misogyny directed at Nora, who was only trying to better herself professionally. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

strangeeigenfunction's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

miggyfool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Drug use

jenna36's review against another edition

I really tried to finish this book because I liked the story, but it was much too gruesome for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Sexism, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail