Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

30 reviews

abscott's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

danimcthomas's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

Absolute perfection. I haven’t loved a main character like I loved Damon in years. The audiobook was superbly voice acted, fully capturing the dialect of the region.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Might be triggering for anyone with a history of being in foster care.

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide and War

navyredrose's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Audiobook narrator for this one was fantastic! Truly brought Demon to life!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

alxbryn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

This book was haunting and funny and upsetting and hopeful all at once. A really driven narrative that's so unsettling and addictive. I both loved and hated picking it up for fear of what was going happen next. This book has been living rent free in my head the entire time I've been reading it and I'm sure it'll stay for some time to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Trafficking

Moderate: Gore and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

amyford's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Gore, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Classism

atamano's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexism, Vomit, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Pregnancy

grboph's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

This was a really amazing book. It was such a compelling story that touches on so many important issues that affect the world today, and kind of made me want to read the original David Copperfield!! Kingsolver is such an excellent writer and I would recommend this book to literally anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Outing

Minor: Dementia and Abortion

tigertheory's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

A really tough read but worth it. Sucks you right in, punches you in the gut and throws you out on the other side with a whole new set of emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Dementia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Outing, Sexual harassment, and War

sagebrush_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death and Gore