Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

26 reviews

shrvyne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

fiveredhens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny slow-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

2.75

favorite quotes:

'We'll do a bit of reconnaissance. If it's safe, I'll make a call like a sparrow hawk.'

'Like a sparrow hawk?' said Munro Bruys, anxiously moving his chin. 'Since when did you know anything about mimicking bird calls, Zoltan?'

'That's the whole point. If you hear a strange, unrecognisable sound, you'll know it's me.'

(after having killed a man threatening corrective rape)

Falka calmly sheathed her sword and looked around. Servadio was dumbstruck at the sudden change in her expression.

'My candyfloss,' the girl whined miserably, looking at her treat lying soiled in the sand. 'I dropped my candyfloss...'

Mistle hugged her. 'I'll buy you another.'

the sexual assault really detracts from what would otherwise be an alright book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Fatphobia and Lesbophobia

Minor: Rape

goizi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, and Murder

chronographia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-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

4.5

Where the earlier books set the scene, introduced our dramatic personae, and generally got the ball rolling, it is here that it starts to gain momentum. It will be helpful at this point in the story to start making a flowchart of different characters & their storylines. Also—despite Dianna Wynne Jones’ opinion about fantasyland maps—google the Witcher map that Netflix put out, it will be useful as everything starts to go into motion. And be sure to have Tower of Swallows on hand because you’re going to want to go straight on to the fourth book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

rachaelbunny's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body shaming, Incest, Infidelity, and Suicide

spaghettibooplesnoot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is a review of the audiobooks narrated by  Peter Kenny. Kenny has a great voice for this and does a fantastic job of giving everyone's voice a distinct sound making it easier to know who's talking even when a lot of new characters get added at once.  Geralt has a british accent like everyone else and not an american one which is a nice change from the tv series and games. the elves and nilfgaard are the only people without british accent which I found a little uncomftable but don't know the reasons for making this choice.

This book fully embodies and made me realise why I love witcher so much. it's not about kings and queens it's about middle people not quite peasants and not quite nobles which is something pretty special for fantasy like this. it also meanders and doesn't have conventional beginnings, middles and end; it feels more like an epic poem long and meandering where the story teller decides to go off on long tangents for no reason other than them feeling like it. This format really suits an audiobook and Peter Kenny has a great voice for it that's both soothing but not droney, like some fantasy narrators can be. 

This book takes place in the middle of a missive war. it doesn't shy away or glorify the nasty bits of it and i have done my best to add cw for everything. There is a lot of sexual violence towards women but never from any of the main charecturs and is always portraid as wrong and discustring. there are some other cw there weren't tags for so I added them in at the bottom but they do give spoilers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, and Trafficking

cw for abortion/miscarriage. there was tag for this put it's relitivly graphic and central to the story and gets dwelled on quite a bit