Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

10 reviews

riaxen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Pedophilia, Rape, Body horror, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Torture

sammymilfort's review

dark emotional relaxing sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Death, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Torture, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Drug use and Child death

lrn22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Be aware that this book has pretty much all the trigger warnings. It is a really hard read but also beautiful and haunting and will linger in my head for a long time to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Addiction, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

isabellecollum's review against another edition

dark sad 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: Gore, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Body horror, Torture, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pedophilia

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

lapis's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

This is a reread, but I already had figured out the ending when I read it the first time, because it's clear

Spoiler

It's about a balancing issue in justice. Alex Craft has to die (whether or not you think she deserves to) because the story would be severely unbalanced if she did not

 

It's a tear jerker, pack tissues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Pedophilia

To be clear, this book is about violence of all kinds (especially sexual) but it has an important gravity to the matter. It's not a joke.

spvckled's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

this book right here shook me to my core. involves rape culture in high school and feminism. the end made me cry :,(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, and Sexual assault

_autumn_'s review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, and Drug use

twitchywitchygirl's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Blood

rachaelbeau's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I am wrecked. This book wrecked me. 

The Female of the Species is HEAVY and dark. It's very real. Because of this, there are some very heavy themes and content warnings going in, so be prepared. 

It's a dark look into what rape culture does to all of us, who it hurts, who perpetuates it, and what it can do to our society as a whole. Spoiler alert: it's not a good look. I don't want to say more in case of spoilers, but I loved how it handled "girl hate" in that it did not allow for girl hate. It moved me, and I wish I had had this for myself throughout high school. 

In summary, read it. I highly recommend, not just to teens or young adults, but parents and educators as well. 

TW murder, sexual assault, rape, slut shaming, gore, violence, gun violence, animal cruelty, animal death (dogs, particularly), cheating, alcoholism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Murder, Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Infidelity