Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

38 reviews

deirdrizzle's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

I don't generally get a physical reaction from reading, but the last 10% or so had me feeling nauseous. It's time for a light, fluffy palate cleanser. 

Having taught first grade, the kids were completely unrealistic. Their thoughts and actions took me out of the story a bit.

The calm narrator of the audiobook made this even more unsettling.  I highly recommend listening to this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Gore

Moderate: Animal death, Excrement, and Vomit

horrorandscience's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Excrement, Vomit, and Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

noonanjohnc's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Alcohol

jackiesspookyshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dandaloriian's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Excrement, and Vomit

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I don’t know what I was expecting, I went into this read pretty blind to what it was about. I’m not sure what I thought it was going to be, but definitely not what it was…

This novel was beautifully written and brutal, the descriptions of graphic violence where some of the most agonizing and genuine I’ve ever read but that’s sort of all this story had to offer. I kept waiting for there to be some sort of lesson or point to the brutality but there just wasn’t. I just keep coming back to the why of it all. You may expect a story to have a plot, or a lesson, or even be a character study but to me, it just wasn’t any of those things. I suppose it was meaning to stand for loss of innocence but I didn’t even get enough time and introspection with each character to see that. I suppose if anything the ending was…ironic, I guess.

The hunter becomes the hunted.

I don’t think of myself as someone who is bothered by violence but also I don’t really find joy in reading about the terrible and upsetting deaths of six year olds, one after another…and for what? Was it some weird metaphor for Darwinism? I honestly have no idea and at the end of the day that left me with a lot to be desired. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault

angreadseverything's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault and Excrement

archaicrobin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

This is not a book for everyone, be very aware of all content warnings before picking this one up!! This dark and disturbing novel reminded me a lot of Tender is the Flesh in its bleakness, in its constant horror and hopelessness. Tons of gore, death, and terror in this one so don’t go into it lightly.  But if you do, you’ll find a great horror novel that’s hard to put down. I mostly read this in one sitting because once the horror starts it doesn’t stop and I could not rest with this book half finished! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

elsebeok's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual harassment