Reviews tagging 'Gore'

From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

154 reviews

haileighv96's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

verafogel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.25

I understand that the aim was to portray Poppy as a naive girl with little education in things that mattered but she was excruciatingly slow at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Gore

laurenreads222's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

one of my favs, really killed me tho

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Death, Violence, Gore, and Sexual assault

druzyquartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

poppybos109's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Blood, Death, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Gore, and Grief

eh1736's review against another edition

funny lighthearted tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gore and Sexual content

mayo_confessionary's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

It has very good moments, but this needs more polishing. It's a very funny and adventurous tale of a girl caged in a world she doesn't want and someone that frees her through blood and pain. But he is infuriating in the bad sense. Also very predictable story, these plot twist are as straight as the main couple are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death

allisonmspiers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Death, Grief, Gore, and Death of parent

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, War, Classism, Confinement, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Genocide

Minor: Torture, Bullying, and Body horror

mamafalcon_rosewolf18's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The book started a bit slow for me, took a minute to really get going. Also, there were several places where there were incomplete sentences or hard to follow dialogue. That said, I found the story beautiful and worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Gore

nataliebootlah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful slow-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

4.0

Coming off of SJM’s series, I knew I had to keep chasing that fantasy high. And while it wasn’t ACOTAR, I still enjoyed it. 

Poppy is the Maiden, chosen by the gods. Her destiny is to live a life of solitary and service to her kingdom, but that doesn’t stop her from pushing the boundaries whenever and however she can. This book is a swirl of emotions, a touch of spice, a hefty vengeance, and a seemingly never ending lack of freedom as Poppy yearns to love her own life. 

It was a bit predictable but in the best way possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Violence, Gore, and Sexual content

Moderate: Physical abuse and Death of parent