Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Black Farm by Elias Witherow

37 reviews

darubberbox's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

THIS BOOK IS HEAVY. ONE OF THE MOST TWISTED I HAVE READ.

I'm pretty torn as the idea and setting for this book is incredible and got me very excited when I first started. The author is very talented when it comes to creating imagery, and creating scenes. This applies to the creature creation as well. Unfortunately much of the dialogue gets pretty corny, especially the further you get into the story. There were a few grammatical errors which were pretty jarring. The biggest issue I had was the main character. Not only is he unlikable almost the whole story, but his "personality" does not match his actions at all. The author also clearly intended to have a deep character flaw sub plot, which just kind of equates to nothing, and reflects little to none character development. Overall it is an okay book. A fantastic setting, and idea just paired with mediocre dialogue, and weak character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape

Minor: Addiction

narakuos's review

dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

World very well built. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

marelline's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Murder

elle622's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, and Torture

djcarter's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I thought who’s book was really good and I enjoyed reading it. I thought it would be a little more disturbing and scary based off of tik tok recommendations, but it wasn’t. I did like the journey Nick took and how determined he was in finding Jess and getting them out of there. The most unsettling thing was the idea of the black farm and an eternity of dealing with the pig born and all the horrors that come with that place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Murder

maritza_reads's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

This was an entertaining look at a purgatory type of place for those who choose to end their lives. It’s dark fantasy with horror elements, culty vibes, gore, and a quest to find a way out of this poop hole. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit and Cannibalism

jake_windish's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

kaitmetheny's review

No character development and cringey dialogue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

princess_marie's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, and Gun violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

novellearts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

This book is definitely not for the faint of heart. I found this to be a really intriguing concept. The descriptions were intense and everything was well done but you definitely should go into this book expecting most horrors that you can imagine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death