Reviews tagging 'Gore'

There There by Tommy Orange

26 reviews

rebwenhall's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective 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? Yes

4.0

I’m not really one to enjoy books that are written from many different character’s perspectives. That doesn’t mean it’s not a good book, it’s just not my favorite style. I also thought it was kind of annoying that towards the end, each chapter was like 1 page long and switched between several characters. <I’m also annoyed at the ending! I’m sad everyone died lol>

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

linaanderson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Racism and Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder

hannahr's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Racism, and Rape

kim_kv's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I am interested to see what he writes next, and I'll definitely be interested to read other stuff. He writes about an overlooked community, and presents important themes. However, there were so many people and I didn't feel invested in many or clear on their motivations. They felt like props in the overall message about the cycles of harm in the Native community to me. In all that there were some story lines and moments that were very compelling though and again this did seem like a very unique book to me so I'm still giving it a 3.5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Physical abuse

myfriendthatcanread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Child death, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual assault, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming

leannj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, and Body shaming

Minor: Sexual assault and Gore