Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Last Days by Brian Evenson

29 reviews

g_xandra's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism

virtualdragonkitty's review

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

4.0

Top 10 grossest book I've ever read in my life. It made me want to vomit and was so sick and twisted. But I found it incredibly interesting because of how messed up it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, Murder, Self harm, Blood, Death, Medical content, Violence, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Gore, and Gun violence

Many descriptions of amputation for religious purposes. People also removing prosthetics. Self amputation happens as well. Please be aware this is very graphic and meant to be disturbing

dumbledorable's review against another edition

Way too horrific. I love a good scary story, but this was stomach-churning. Not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Suicide, Murder, Confinement, Gaslighting, Death, Blood, and Addiction

illiterateape's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

k_rose95's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Body horror, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

blurjay's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Body horror, Murder, Gun violence, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Blood

cursivewolf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Stalking, Gaslighting, Blood, Death, and Medical content

persiefey's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, Murder, Gun violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

applesodaperson's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

This book was good, but felt somehow underwhelming and a bit boring? The whole entire book felt like Kline escaping and getting recaptured over and over again. Seriously it happens like 4 times. So it felt really repetitive by the end of the book. Also there being two cults that believe in the same things really confused me because when the Pauls were first introduced I couldn't figure out if they were the same cult or an entirely different one. Also, despite how cool a cult that cuts body parts off is, I think that this book relied way to heavily on describing the amputations, and then somehow expecting the reader to be just as shocked after hearing it a hundred times. I really got sick of hearing about it by the end. I also wish they would have gone more into Kline's backstory. I really thought there would be more information or even a plot twist relating to the incident where Kline lost his arm, but there just wasn't.

I also think that giving some more backstory for him would have explained why he is so quick to go crazy and commit mass murder at the end. Because is not something a mentally healthy person does, so I feel there needed to be more explanation of his violent tendencies to show that it was within his realm of possibility.

The book also hinges on there being this supposed mystery Kline is trying to solve,

but very quickly that mystery is entirely thrown out the window, and then all suspense is gone. Because the only thing left to see is if Kline survives, but that isn't a compelling story element because the book doesn't do a good job of making the reader root or care about him.

Yeah very disappointed by this book. 
Read from the BYU library. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

icebearg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Definitely not for the faint of heart! Extremely disturbing subject matter that the author somehow makes more palatable by the interesting cast. The story truly encompasses what a fever dream feels like, but the reader is inticed into embracing the chaos until the very last page. A susprisingly enjoyable read! Just wish the author delved more into the main character's development (and not just physical development).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Gore, Blood, Violence, and Medical trauma