Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

31 reviews

kiwi_00's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense

3.0

The build up of the book from beginning all the way to the middle was fantastic and if the book ended there i'd give it 5 stars but the ending..... What a let down, that felt like the equivalent of saying 'it was all a dream' at the ending of a creative writing task at school.

The fact that both all the supernatural stuff can be explained away is fine but both sammy and creetsjie manipulated arent and sara respectively? Really? After laying all that ground work and creating a vibrant world with such distinct characters, the ending feels terrible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

jerseynoonatic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

nuthatch428's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Rape, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, and Pregnancy

bibliomania_express's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

olia_k21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit

paperquilt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Religious bigotry

thedinosaurkid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A good book!
It has all the good mystery traits of his previous book (7 ½ deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle) but with more paranormal-esque things.
Not my cup of tea, but still  excellent!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Slavery, Excrement, Alcohol, and War

akizato's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Slow to start but once I got into it I really enjoyed it. The characters were all really interesting, and I liked the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Sexism

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

pkc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This book was WILD. Really confusing, but quite witty and however you think it will go is probably not how it will go. Violent, tense, scary, but very complex.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

esme_may's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was so much better than I was expecting! I wouldn’t have picked this up if I hadn’t got a copy for free but I might read Turton’s other book now. I’d recommend reading this when you have a bit of time on your hands because of the slow pacing: I took it on holiday and it was great for that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury