Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

167 reviews

hazel_oat's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Rape, Torture, Gore, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Pedophilia

opal360's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.75

Read for a discussion group and not really my cup of tea. Imaginative writing but some scenes more gruesome than expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Devon will do anything to save her son, even if it means facing both of their monstrous personas. 

This book was quite gripping and action packed. The characters were gritty and unapologetically imperfect. I appreciated it as a stark metaphor for patriarchy and what breaking a patriarchal society would entail. 

Quite enjoyable! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Violence, Physical abuse, Classism, Blood, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Murder, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia

gnomeguy1138's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Sexual violence, Death, Slavery, Alcohol, and Car accident

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexism, Violence, Gore, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Abandonment, and Gun violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Alcoholism, Medical content, Alcohol, Car accident, Torture, Drug use, Addiction, and Infertility

Minor: Racism, Pedophilia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Homophobia, Vomit, Child death, and Trafficking

slburg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse

ella_dali_raynor's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

snrboe2's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.75

Flat characters and setting combined with unoriginal ideas ruined the potential in this book and made it harder to engage with the protagonist's struggles. The main character had some nicely written moments and the book still managed to move along pacily enough to be readable till the end, with some skipping through certain mediocre pages.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

chelseainthesky's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Violence, Death, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual violence

Minor: Trafficking, Slavery, War, and Vomit

gummyworm's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence