Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Gideon la Nona by Tamsyn Muir

715 reviews

adbooks20's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Cancer, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Terminal illness

melodyseestrees'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Blood, Cancer, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Cannibalism, and War

luckibuns's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Genocide, Cannibalism, Child death, and War

soupqueen's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

An enjoyable read overall, but I think that the author didn’t exactly succeed in doing what she wanted to do. There are some really interesting world building elements that just aren’t explored but would have added greatly to the book. I’m told the world building is more fleshed out in the second book, but we’ll see.

Additionally, I started out not caring for Gideon – I feel like the author simple gave me no reason to like her other than witty sarcasm (which I love, but doesn’t make for a compelling character on its own).  Eventually, I was too drawn into the plot/mystery of the book to put it down just because I disliked the main character.

Overall, I’m glad I finished the book and have even started the second one, but I think the hype around this book is more than it deserves.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide

jaimc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cancer, Child death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

book_snail's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Genuinely can't stress this more: go into this blind, and expect your experience of the book to be unique to what you might've heard online. It's really hard to describe what this story is actually about, so it's best to experience it firsthand and draw your own conclusions :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Child abuse, Body horror, Violence, Murder, Child death, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Bullying, Cannibalism, Cursing, Gore, Terminal illness, Blood, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Grief

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, War, and Cannibalism

k_han14's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Cancer

eloisereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Gore, Chronic illness, Body horror, and Child death

marysunburn's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.75

I HATED Harrowhark when I started, and I am so glad she managed to change my mind. 
The worldbuilding was heavy and at times confusing, but the dialogue was engaging and refined and the fight scenes were cinematic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Classism, Death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Terminal illness, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, Gore, Medical content, Grief, and Religious bigotry