Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

90 reviews

eve_reads'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

 Overall Thoughts:
⁕ Gong takes the beloved enemies-to-lovers trope and raises you enemies-to-lovers-to-enemies-and-back-to-lovers-again FLAWLESSLY. She doesn't ignore the conflict between their families and political parties, but builds that tension into every scene between them. It's an agonizing slow-burn with the greatest payoff.

⁕  This sequel was even more enriched with historical context than These Violent Delights. I've never read a book in this setting before and loved learning about/researching 1920's Shanghai. 

⁕ [spoilers] I love the small bit of hope that Gong concludes this duology with. She still honors the authentic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet but also makes space for the reader to explore other possibilities for her main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, War, Cursing, Classism, and Colonisation

psistillreadyou's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Blood, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicide attempt

sapphic_reader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

Rep:
Chinese main character and cast
Chinese trans girl main character 
Gay main character 
Korean main character 
M/M side relationship 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sambashua's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Suicide, Blood, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, War, and Violence

meg_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-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? N/A

3.0

The angsty romance in this story was GOD TIER. Anytime our main characters were together prior to Roma learning the truth about Marshall was just so fucking good I'm obsessed. The plot itself of the story felt a little to jumbled and rushed, like there were too many moving parts that took away from the overall story. Also the way that this story so cleverly follows the Romeo and Juliet retelling without it being predictable was literally so well done. Overall, would definitely recommend this one (as long as you have a strong stomach and don't have a severe phobia of bugs). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Violence

antonique_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Classism, War, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Murder

_persephone_'s review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-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

Omg was this book was so good, probably one of the best books I've read this year. It was beautifully written in so many different ways, the writing style, the characters, the romance. I truly cannot think of a single complaint and I recommend this book to everyone. Also

the first half of the book where Roma hated Juliette I wanted to sob, istg I cried happy tears when they got back together

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And I heard there's gonna be a spin-off duology about

Rosalind

(I don't actually know if that was a spoiler but better safe than sorry). And I can't wait.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Blood, Colonisation, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Alcohol, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

brynn_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

I think I need to sue for emotional damage after reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Grief, Violence, Blood, and Torture

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, War, Death, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Kidnapping