Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Rats by James Herbert

7 reviews

darialoana's review against another edition

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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, and Death of parent

amber2976'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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

xertzs's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Sexual content

chickensaregreat's review against another edition

adventurous sad fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

xkillaxandyx's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book will make you fear rats. Love the gruesome events in this book and a perfect ending to carry onto The Lair.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Animal death

kjm_x's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail