Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis

3 reviews

themoodreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

An interesting look into the science of alchemy. Nedra’s descent into darkness is impressively smooth.  Although we can easily predict the events which trigger the change, the desperation slowly grows until she reaches the crisis moment. I will say I was not expecting the twist ending!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, Gore, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Religious bigotry

booksnbones13's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent