Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

88 reviews

bankotsedo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

WHAT THE F-????? This is so effed up and I SO blew through it as fast as I could.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, and Murder

siosiosio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

I didn't really care for this book. I read a positive review that stated this was like a dark fairytale with the worst possible outcome, and I agree with that. I read a negative review that stated that 6 year old don't act like they do in this book, and I agree with that as well. 

It's very descriptive with its violence, and *mild spoiler* there is no good outcome. It was very bleak

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

lizardgod's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse and Sexual assault

eb10's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

cabrera_bre's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, and Murder

nicekweenreads'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? It's complicated

0.5

I'm not sure if this is the writer's or translators fault, but the writing was difficult to get through. From typos, to multiple plage long paragraphs, to randomly switching characters mid-paragraph, the story was a mess to follow. This doesn't include how the book randomly breaks the 4th wall by talking ti the reader directly, assigning large complex vocabulary to 6 year Olds only to have them crying for their moms moments later, or immediately ruins any suspense by letting you know there is no hope.

I adore horror books but this book felt like a fantasy of violence rather than an actual story.

The last 10 pages or so detail the death of the 'villian' in grotesque vision that I was gagging. The villain, who murdered others, was also a 6 year old abuse victim. It felt odd to spend so long in such a short book detailing this death.

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All in all, this is a bad knock-off of Battle Royale with 6 year Olds. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse

library_goth's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed the writing style and some of the monologues (even though the thought processes didn’t make sense for six year olds), but that’s about where my enjoyment ends. I read the reviews on this and knew what I was getting into, but this really is the most dismal book imaginable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Car accident

dupont1998's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Murder

gknott's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Alcohol