Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

14 reviews

ravenousrose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

I had seen bits and pieces of the show and wasn’t a huge fan. But the books are so much better. Really enjoyed this tale and am looking forward to reading more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Cancer, Incest, Rape, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

izzykai's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Murder mystery, vampires, romance, sexual tension, danger.. what's not to like? It wasn't perfect but it was a fun and easy read. 

Warning: 🔥medium spicy!🔥 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Incest, Rape, Blood, and Murder

lilianmathilda's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Dead Until Dark is the first book in the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. The Sookie Stackhouse series is also the inspiration for the HBO show, True Blood. Dead Until Dark was a good introduction and first book in the series, I really enjoyed the journey. 

Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress in a small town in Louisiana and she's always wanted to meet a vampire because in this world vampires have been exposed and humans and vampires have been trying to co habituate together.  Sookie meets her first vampire in Bill, a (confederate) civil war era vampire. Bill is quite taken with Sookie and she is equally taken with him.

I don't like that Sookie's grandma was so excited

to have a confederate speak to her descendants club. Ya'll know they were fighting to keep slavery a thing, right?

I think this was one of the only things I really disliked about the novel.  

There's a murder mystery mingled in with some paranormal romance and I really enjoyed this book. It was gory, sexy, mysterious, and entertaining. I'm giving this 4.5 stars out of 5 because I had a lot of fun with this read. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.5/5 Stars

I read this for free on Libbyapp.com

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

khaleesiofthegreatwhitenorth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This is a rating I give with love. I’ve been reading a lot of this genre lately and I’m coming to realize that 3-star-related ratings aren’t ALL bad. Sometimes what you need is something basic, something light and easy to follow. 3.75 means it was good enough to enjoy the ride, enough so that you can see yourself reading more of the series, but not so much you’d ever feel compelled to reread anything. Or talk about your reading experience of it in depth. It’s surface level fun with a splash of blood and murder.

Honestly I probably would have DNFed this had I not listened to the audiobook so take what I say with a grain of salt. The narrator is the one who kept me coming back for more. LOVED her Bill. Frankly more than Stephen Moyer😅

If you want an easy vampire popcorn read/listen, this is your book. Great for turning your brain off to lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Hate crime, Medical content, and Death of parent

serenephedra's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

leazzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

Surprising how closely they followed this for the show 
Both Sookie and Bill are mildly infuriating 
I hate Jason 🫶🏻
For a vampire romance from 2001, insanely progressive 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

avie_j's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse

jmeyers888'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexism, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Car accident

ittybittyninja12's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This one took me a second to finish,I think I was a tad bored because I've watched some of the show already. And honestly this is one of the times I like the show/movie better than the book. Not saying the book is bad but I feel like the show kept a lot from the book but added so much more on top of it. There's characters in the show that aren't in the book, and they just make it so much better. They feel much deeper in the show and put together. I did like hearing her thoughts and everything but now I can see how limiting it is, to see things just from her perspective. The romance is basically the same though. Also some of the terminology is a little too outdated. I know the show is as well but the book definitely is. So I was a tad uncomfortable at times. The show definitely updated from the books and I actually would recommend just watching the show. I'm not sure if I'll continue reading the books as it's a long series but maybe if I can't think of anything else to read I'll continue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Grief