Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

8 reviews

noetical's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ava_a07's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

I thought the premise was amazing and interesting. But the book moved very slowly, like I would read a large chunk of the book, like 100 pages, and then it turns out I didn’t read even what seems to look like 10% of the book. This took me way too long to read, and I tried so hard to get through it, and I did. It was also forgettable, I would read every single detail, and then forget it right after I finished reading it. Still a good book, considering reading the sequels

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

carol16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

4.5

Squee - love this book sm - Review to be added to Goodreads 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Gore, and Sexual harassment

qrschulte's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

Oh wow I inhaled this book. It’s so great to find characters I love and a world I can lose myself in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcohol

chasekj's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

I liked this book a lot and am excited to read the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

iloponis's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.5

read this when i was like 12 and wanted to read it again bc i remember liking it. reading it now that im older i still enjoy it, but its not as gripping as id like it to be

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

battybookworm's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

This book! Rereading this was a delight, I think Katsa was a big deal for me when I read this as a teen. Now reading her character feels nostalgic and familiar. I can’t wait to continue with this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

erimore's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

I read this book a long time ago and decided to pick it up again in honor of the new book. It was as fun as a I remember, but also longer than I remembered. There are about 3 different plots in the whole book and the end is slightly anti-climatic. It is a journey book, most of the setting takes place around long spouts of travel. More than anything this is character driven. I found the moral struggles that Katsa went through good and thought provoking. A fun book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, and Grief