Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

56 reviews

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, and Vomit

lizardteeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Alcohol, Gore, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual assault and Physical abuse

eb10's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death of parent, Child abuse, Car accident, Bullying, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

cabrera_bre's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Murder, and Vomit

koldglaze's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

0.5

I'm not sure if this is the writer's or translators fault, but the writing was difficult to get through. From typos, to multiple plage long paragraphs, to randomly switching characters mid-paragraph, the story was a mess to follow. This doesn't include how the book randomly breaks the 4th wall by talking ti the reader directly, assigning large complex vocabulary to 6 year Olds only to have them crying for their moms moments later, or immediately ruins any suspense by letting you know there is no hope.

I adore horror books but this book felt like a fantasy of violence rather than an actual story.

Spoiler

The last 10 pages or so detail the death of the 'villian' in grotesque vision that I was gagging. The villain, who murdered others, was also a 6 year old abuse victim. It felt odd to spend so long in such a short book detailing this death.

Spoiler

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All in all, this is a bad knock-off of Battle Royale with 6 year Olds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse

library_goth's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed the writing style and some of the monologues (even though the thought processes didn’t make sense for six year olds), but that’s about where my enjoyment ends. I read the reviews on this and knew what I was getting into, but this really is the most dismal book imaginable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Excrement, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Torture

dupont1998's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Murder, and Torture

gknott's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Abandonment, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Excrement, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

samseyz's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

I have no idea how to rate this because it was insane. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Violence, Child death, and Gore

orizenda's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I liked how gross this was sometimes but the levels of gore vary significantly throughout this i think and not that I read a lot of stuff like this idk it just didn’t feel quite right to me. maybe it felt to plopped down into to me idk. or maybe it was the translation may not have actually fit the story i would not have any idea i can’t even pinpoint what exactly made me not rly like this one. maybe the lack of character stories i cared about idk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Vomit

Spoiler

children are murdered by a child