Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Poartă-ți plugul peste oasele morților by Olga Tokarczuk

11 reviews

thebechdelbitch's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. I absolutely loved this book. I was completely taken in by the main character, who I found extremely lovable despite the

y'know, murder

and I found imagery of animals and animal death to be tragically beautiful. 

It reminded me a lot of Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived In the Castle (another favourite of mine) in the rituals and idiosyncrasies of its narrators, both of whom believe that outside forces (astrology, magic) will save them. Both narratives never fully decide whether they are right or wrong. 

I'd recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a quirky and fun narrator/narrative style, with something extremely dark under the surface.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Misogyny

Minor: Medical content

athenium's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Violence, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming and Body horror

gellyreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

2.0

I don't know if this was the translation or what, but I struggled to finish this book. I just didn't enjoy it, I struggled to track everything outside of the murders, and I found the protagonist obnoxious. I also thought the "mystery" was laughable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, Gore, and Animal death

marschwartz's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

A murder mystery; a strange, curmudgeonly old lady; extended discussions of animal rights, astrology, and the translation of poet William Blake; this novel is a singular experience 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

garciaga's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Gore

abithereader's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Violence

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

This was definitely a weird one for me. It was recommended to me because the old woman is a curmudgeon which is true and I do technically love a curmudgeon. But I’m thinking maybe it just didn’t translate for me into English from Czech? The old woman’s eccentricities I think were what ended up kind of putting me off the book. Her belief in astrology and palm reading and such were just too out there for me. But she does get sweet vengeance in the end so I’m glad I finished it and didn’t just give up on it. But definitely only recommending to friends who love Czech literature and astrology 😝

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Animal death

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

As soon as I heard the lines “he must have mercury in a reticent sign. I reckon it must be Capricorn in a square or may be in opposition to Saturn. It could also be mercury in retrograde.” I knew I’d be hooked. I think I’ll have to give this one a re-read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Vomit

graybat's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-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

wasn’t that shocked about the killer/plot twist

but regardless i really enjoyed this. i like books about people just living their lives and doing their mundane tasks. simply existing  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Gore

Minor: Violence and Vomit

anastasia_r's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore