Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Land of the Beautiful Dead by R. Lee Smith

9 reviews

regretterien615's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Unique original and totally unexpected. Was not prepared to be so emotionally affected by this book. poignant and depressing  and hopeful all at once. Be warned, it’s very dark. And not in a hot way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

onequeerduck's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Listen, it was a 3 star book until the end because holy crap.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

doahdancer's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hecklaurac's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

megrant87's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

ayuming_reads's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I cannot stop thinking about this book. I sobbed so hard. And I thought I finally got over it and then I saw someone’s fanart of the characters and just looking at them made me start crying uncontrollably again. Like I feel so much for these characters oh my god. My heart hurts so much as if they’re real people. 
If someone asked me to explain this book I wouldn’t be able to do it without immediate tears.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape and War

terminal illness, radiation poisoning, cancer

starlit_pathways's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming and Bullying

downtown_kb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-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: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Medical content

kat1105's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol