Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

47 reviews

majesticisme's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Never until I read this had a book kept me so consistently uneasy. I loved every second of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

owlribbon's review

mysterious

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Murder, and Suicide

charlotteih's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

BRILLIANT. brilliant brilliant. aside from just the kickass narative itself, the poeticism of the mc’s reflections are beautiful and terrible, vandermeer spits straight fire honestly. he reflects the characters’ shifts in attitude/perspective (+ relative sanity) immersively. as the characters became more absorbed in their desires, so do you into the story itself. i couldn’t have been more satisfied with this book, and if you want to dabble in sci-fi or cosmic horror, this book is perfect, and honestly just a great read. i can’t recommend it enough and i will be reading the rest of the trilogy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Minor: Cancer

lumorise's review

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Gore, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Gaslighting

j_squaredd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Body horror, and Blood

devirtualized's review

mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Sexual content

rickvsthebooksagenda's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Blood, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, and Cancer

whitllo's review

medium-paced

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

2.5

Interesting premise but I was more interested in the world than the characters

Spoiler

so I was disappointed there was so much focus on the biologist's ramblings instead of what was actually going on with Area X and how it got to be that way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

catalyst226's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I may be going through a reading slump but I had to push myself through this one. I don't think the plot grabbed me. I did enjoy the ecology descriptions but otherwise I won't be pursuing the rest of this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Body horror

Minor: Suicide

sir_willyam's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.75

Psychological horror juxtaposed next to beautiful natural scenery, Annihilation focuses on the willfulness behind self-destruction, and the resistance of healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt, Cancer, Violence, Sexual content, Animal death, Terminal illness, and Murder