Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

20 reviews

aligmich's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

This was a fascinating concept, and I’m still going to be thinking about it for a while. It’s harrowing - but not entirely out of the realm of possibility which is the scary bit. Lev is the most engaging character by far, and I hope they explore him more. Also did NOT buy the romance, I hope Risa gets more to do next time….

All in all, I enjoyed it - but it’s certainly not perfect by any sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Medical content, Abortion, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I am obsessed with Neil schusterman currently. His books make you think, his dystopia is entirely plausible and this is no exception. The concept of not allowing for abortions was hard to hear especially right now. The bill of life and storking so painful because they were not at all hard to comprehend. To see that children might then become disposable for parts, scary but still possible. I could not put this book down and see it for the warning it is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, and Murder

abeeg05's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Abortion

scarlettskyes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

jocelynmeade_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infertility, Medical content, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

confused_art_person's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Abortion

eve_o's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement

exclipse's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

The characters are absolutely terrible- the main character is an edgy Gary Stu, and his female companion is a Mary Sue with no personality, the third protagonist, Lev, has a personality, I like bratty characters so I liked him at first…but his story painted religious people as evil, and there were no other religious characters to counteract this . Books can and should show the good and bad of groups, but only showing the bad, like Unwind does with religion comes off mean spirited. Almost the entire cast is white, except a very stereotypical southern black boy who is only in one or two chapters. A sexual assault almost happens <to the main characters girlfriend, and he doesn’t intervene to prove a point.> it all just left a bad taste in my mouth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

mgroller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

I hate-to-love this book. I have never had a book make me physically recoil as I have while reading Unwind. Serious stomach-churning action. It seems glaringly exaggerated to start, but the pit-in-my-stomach sensations of realizing that

if the technology existed, on some level I see similar ripples of the opinions in this book being feasible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Moderate: Police brutality and Kidnapping

Minor: Confinement and Gore