Reviews tagging 'Gore'

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

19 reviews

meg_thebrave's review

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.75

This is an excellent alternate history with a wonderful cast of colorful queer characters, and I truly love hoppers wrangling hippos. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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? No

2.25

This book was beyond ridiculous, but I did finish it. 

The one thing I can say is that it was the right length. If it had been any longer, I wouldn’t have finished it. It was the exact right length of how much I could handle reading it. 

The similes were a lot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

soggycedar's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

megh_'s review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Gripping short story, looking forward to reading the prequel and sequel! Loved the lgbt representation too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

aurora4847's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

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

black_cat_iiix's review

adventurous dark funny fast-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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

studaslop's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

River of Teeth is a fast-paced, witty, and very indulgent work. The characters are distinct and fun and feel like they have long histories, despite the brevity of their introductions. Gailey’s alternative history is just grounded enough to be enjoyable, but not so alien as to be absurd. (That said, it is unfortunately absent of any explicitly Black or Indigenous people who would have made up a not insignificant portion of the population.) It was an unexpectedly queer story as well, which was a pleasant surprise. 

My biggest issues with the novella really come down to the “-la” part—it’s too short! There are scenes and relationships I wish we could’ve seen develop more, and the third act felt rushed despite the fast-paced but balanced first and second acts. 

All in all, though, I’m definitely going to get my hands on the sequel. I had a blast listening to the story. I *highly* recommend the audiobook. Some of the accents are suspect, but it’s very well done, really helps place you into the setting, and augments the campiness of it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Gore

oliverreeds's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

good but the tension wasnt balanced. there should have been more exposition. more character building. so good tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

carnarwhal's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Alcohol

booksandteatime's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Rep: Nonbinary, pan/queer?, bi