Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Ship of Bones & Teeth by Karina Halle

14 reviews

thisdiwata_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

Be prepared for this book. Karina will do some damage! 

Overall I rated this book 4.25 as there were some parts that were a tiny bit dragging for me while 90% of the book was so amazing! 

I have so much thoughts I apologize as early as now if this will be chaotic! 

I wished Nerissa had a lot more time in the story because I honestly ended up loving her! She’s my top 3 badass female from this book, yes I know there are just 3 girls but it’s my opinion. 

I loved Sam so much and girl WHY?!?!?!?!? I thought after what happened to Henry we will be done with the deaths.  😭😭😭

This story did not hesitate to bring us death, gore & monsters and it was not a tame version of any of the 3 themes. 

I of course loved Ramsey and  Meren and how their enemies to lovers story unfolded and that fucking Nill came through in the end! 

Spice: 3.5/5 
>these 2 can go at it ANYWHERE!
> the number of times Ramsey went on his knees! Deymmmmm!!
> the sand? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Domestic abuse

millenialglowworm's review

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

I’ve never read a mermaid or a pirate story before picking this up. I’m glad that Halle’s work was my first! I love the characters in this story and even though there is tragedy and horror elements, it was full of adventure and 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️!! I’m also glad Halle answered a question I had through out the book about the HOW of mermaid….relations 😅. Ramsey and Maren’s banter had me laughing. I’m usually not a reader who relishes on the setting of a book but Halle does a great job of describing the scenery and feeling of all the places the book takes place. Halle is definitely one of my favorite authors!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Confinement, and Death of parent

awaywiththefairies's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

This book is all spice basically and I really didn't like the dialogue between the two characters how sometimes a certain control is idealised.. however the writing will pull you in and even though I didn't love the character development , the world is well written and charming and I still wanted to see what would happen at the end. 

Take note of content warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Rape, Blood, and Kidnapping

prettynerdy3's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail