Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

25 reviews

pulcotinette's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

J'ai vu le film (écrit en même temps que le livre) à sa sortie en 2016, et je n'avais donc que des souvenirs confus du livre. Je n'ai pas été déçu par sa lecture : les personnes sont attachants, bien écrits, et le fait d'alterner les points de vue permet au lecteur une vision d'ensemble dans la situation. L'auteur ne prend pas forcément partie pour un personnage, ce qui permet de se faire ses propres attaches.
La morale, la ligne conductrice du livre, est vraiment intéressante et j'aurai aimé qu'elle soit plus mise en avant. Malgré tout, c'est celà que je retenais du film et qui m'a donné envie de lire le livre. 
La raison pour laquelle les enfants affams sont imunisés y est d'ailleurs mieux expliquée et plus logique.

J'ai beaucoup apprécié cette lecture, qui m'a donnée envie de lire plus de lire avec une apocalypse zombie d'un point de vue optimiste.

Au niveau du contenu, il y a mention de combats avec des armes à feu et de l'anthropophagie, mais ce n'est pas gore ou détaillé. On parle du sentiment de faim d'un personnage, de façon répétée mais plutôt superficielle. Contrairement à ce dont je me rappelais du film, ce n'est pas un livre d'horreur. On trouve aussi de la comp het (compulsory heteronormativity) en cela que les persos adultes masculin et féminin principaux sont forcément attirés l'un par l'autre.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, and Eating disorder

lpogo16's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

This is less horror and more a fantasy journey story. 

The story could have been edited down. There’s a lot that happens for the shock value or to make comments about other characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Violence, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Spores, Mushrooms, Fungus

blackberryjambaby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Torture, Stalking, Vomit, Abortion, Terminal illness, and Suicide

petit_lecteur'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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Blood

jcole32's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, and Animal death

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and War

tixhna_mxrie's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Body horror, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Gun violence

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

This was even better than I expected! Such a well written, compelling story. I went in pretty much blind and I definitely recommend reading it that way, the suspense and unraveling of information is great. I listened to this on audiobook that had some soundtrack music and sound effects, which was also expertly done. The narrator was perfect, and the added music and sounds were subtle and added tension and atmosphere. I would have given it 5 stars if it weren't for

Spoiler

The army guy's having unpleasant fixations on sexualizing women. I really hated reading those parts, they added nothing to the plot and made the characters voicing them seem excessively stupid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual content

trayslays's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Body horror

confused_art_person's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Gore, Child abuse, Child death, and Medical content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Body horror

Minor: Animal death