Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Gilded by Marissa Meyer

69 reviews

catorureads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

sunrae_booknook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

First book of the year down. I loved this. I always forget that Marissa Meyer has such a way with words that really makes yourself get lost in the book.  I love retellings and she’s the Queen on them. Can’t wait to jump into Cursed! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

vivivalley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy

k_galloway's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

a blossoming love story with narry a plot. enjoyable to read but also felt like there wasn’t much that happened in the story overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Slavery, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Abortion, and Abandonment

maddox22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Seriously all the trigger warnings for child murder

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

onemamareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/gilded

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

keepcalmblogon's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? No

5.0

Gilded opens in what I would call an extreme close-up in which the reader is not given any exposition to the scene playing out whatsoever, so I was immediately drawn in by sheer curiosity of trying to situate the players in the scene. Finally, Serilda comes into focus, and she is authentic from the start: a self-admitted liar who is frank in her thoughts and feelings about the villagers around her. I think Serilda’s two-natured aspect makes her wildly human and complex: she is accused of being a liar, but she is brutally honest about how she feels about the people around her. 

I don’t often feel creeped out by scenes, characters, or descriptions, but Meyer had my spine-tingling when Serilda could hear the howls of the wild hunt through the distance in the dead of night. I remembered all too clearly the childhood magic of the safety of your bed, so long as you stayed tucked in with your eyes closed (maybe with the blanket over your head!). 

From pretty early on, I had my suspicions about Gild and Serilda’s blessing, but watching the characters catch up with my theories was really beautiful. Serilda is stuck in a horrible situation and she fears and resents it at first, but as her friendship with Gild evolves, she begins to look forward to her nights with the wild hunt. This was such a complex emotion to write and Meyer did a wonderful job of “showing instead of telling.” In the end, there is an admirable moment when Serilda admits she is not a good hero because she doesn’t think she can give her life for a cause, and that is one of the things that makes Serilda a new favorite heroine of mine! Gilded lives up to its 5 star expectations from me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

akira516's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.25

The beginning is a beautiful fairy tale but the ending is dark and bloody. The switch is so jarring but also fascinating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying and Kidnapping

laneys_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy