Reviews tagging 'Gore'

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

26 reviews

miss_choon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

noldorin's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

I decided to read this on a whim, solely based on the cover of it and I'm very much surprised at how much I liked it. 

Though I do think some of the plot was hard to understand and sometimes the writing seemed a bit too repetitive, I think this is a really great short story.

It's beautifully written and the gore mixed with the euphoric feelings of Andi was so good to read. The relationship with Luna, the parallels between their "wings", the obsession. It was all perfect. 

I do feel like most of the plot points were a bit too obvious however that did not stop me from enjoying the story at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

ambdav's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Racial slurs

thrillsnchills's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Cannibalism, Gore, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Blood, Animal death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent

sammysamsam's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Physical abuse, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Abandonment, and Death of parent

cat_d's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Vomit

decaying's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A macabre and agonizing story of a never-ending hunger. I think Tantlinger's writing here is best described as festering. It is absolutely dripping with exquisitely putrid details of horror that makes you crawls under your skin and make you squirm. Although I really enjoyed her writing, I didn't find the overall book compelling. It is still a fun piece of horror and worth the read especially if you're interested in obscure and gore-y horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, and Death of parent

perkyanda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Whaaaaaaaaaaat

So normally I don’t really love the

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women be crazy

genre of horror, or

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gross out

horror, but here they join together perfectly in a <spoiler >gross disgusting sad fucked up tense whirlwind of ewwwww. </spoiler >

I can’t recommend this to anyone. It was literally nauseating. But it felt authentic and real and rough. 

The Dr. Fawning thing

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was a bit obvious too early for the reveal to have proper impact, but overall, I loved it bc it did show that deep inside she had juuuust enough self awareness to almost be able to help herself. But not enough, not enough.</spoiler >

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Death, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

mahitdzmare's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Cannibalism, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent