Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Under the Skin by Michel Faber

12 reviews

fermentedsorcerer's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Trafficking, Animal death, Body shaming, Mental illness, Sexism, Ableism, Confinement, Torture, Body horror, Sexual violence, Classism, Rape, Animal cruelty, Excrement, Gore, and Sexual assault

scifi_rat's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Sexism, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Car accident, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, and Rape

arenas_'s review against another edition

dark emotional 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Sexual assault, and Blood

porridgegobbler's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Incredibly creepy, amazing use of words, atmospheric. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, and Rape

Moderate: Animal cruelty

leic01's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Kidnapping

taibhse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual assault

dvalk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Rape, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

Moderate: Car accident

faynebrio's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

liked it. it was abundantly clear a man wrote it most the time ! but whatever 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

melitrophium's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Lost one star because you can definitely tell it was written by a man from the way the protagonist is described (and the random bisexual comment??), but the reading is worthwhile 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual assault and Car accident

Minor: Death

directorpurry's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Body horror, Car accident, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Confinement, Dysphoria, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death