Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

34 reviews

rachellemarcotte's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Suicide, Death of parent, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Cancer

joohd_73's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

This was good, but it ambled a bit too much for my taste. I kept wondering when it would pick up a little and the “tipping point” that the blurb described would come, and then I finished the book. I would probably read it again, I just thought that it was missing something to really make it amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, and Vomit

makbrandt's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Gore

ajmacdougall93's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

just had a hard time liking/relating to the characters to be honest. I also expected a bit more dark humor, but it was more melancholy than I expected. not a badly written book by any stretch, just not really for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

stardust_heidi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

What the fuck did I just read?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Alcohol, Gore, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Animal death, Infidelity, and Suicide

aayla145's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, and Gore

emzireads's review

emotional funny hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Infidelity, Gore, and Alcohol

oliverigotti's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

this was recommended after i read “everyone in this room will someday be dead.” 
pretty good, but the characters felt a little off to me, i don’t know what it was. i feel like they just got in their own ways a bit too much, if that’s even a valid criticism. this book did accurately describe how terrible florida is. 
huge word of warning, this book is super gory, not for those with weak stomachs

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Gore, Animal death, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Sexual content

ecn's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.75

Nothing about this story was resolved and not in a fun way. So much and so little happened that it dragged on. Easily could have been half the length. I wanted to know SO much more about every character and we were given nothing. I felt like i was a therapist sitting with a client trying to help them organize their stories and getting nowhere. The flashbacks were disjointed and only added to the trauma and grief that ran through everything but never fulling etching into to the main character’s personality, only explaining why she’s shut off.
The ending also seemed extremely abrupt. Too much was trying to be resolved in a matter of DAYS and the characters glossed over so much and so much was implied that it seemed impossible and unrealistic for them to be how things would unfold.
This book had so much promise but ended up falling so flat. I wanted more for and of every character but wasn’t given a fraction (felt very indicative of how they were treated I’m sure - maybe it’s stylistic).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Death, and Alcohol

lizzie_r's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Gore, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Animal death

Minor: Cancer