Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

219 reviews

ehmannky's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

Ring Shout takes the horror of the Ku Klux Klan mixed with Lovecraftian monsters and creates a beautiful horror novella that is well-paced, interesting, and with a great theme of "vengeance and rage does not justice make." This book packs a lot into a short amount of time, but it never feels rushed or overcrowded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Death, Violence, Gore, and Gun violence

jmcquain's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Racism, and Gore

carriedbythecosmos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Death, Racism, Slavery, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cannibalism and Gore

Minor: Blood and Body horror

halem13's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Racial slurs

chaoticnostalgia's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Death, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, War, Slavery, Gore, Death of parent, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

bookishkarina's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

3.0

I think this is a great book if you love horror/gory books. For me it was just okay, but honestly I think the onyl reason why I think it's just okay is because horror is not my typical genre. It gave me everthing it told me it was gonna give me, and P. Djèlí Clark is a fantastic author. This book was just simply not for me, but it was still enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, and Racial slurs

sapphiccatacombs's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

the violence and gore that came with the book is chilling and gave me goosebumps but it also important to the plot of the story and the choices the characters make as well. i fell in love with the characters, fell in love with the writing but also need to research more and learn more as this book provoked me on wanting to expand more on learning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Child death, Gore, Racism, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.0

Part horror, part historical fantasy, this story is set in an alternate timeline where KKK members turn into actual monsters and our MC hunts them. She discovers even bigger monsters at play. I enjoyed the story and the concept, because behavior creating monster is always something I find cool. As always with Clark’s novellas, I’d love a full novel of this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gore, Body horror, and Racial slurs

prettyflyforascienceguy's review against another edition

4.25

I can’t believe how much detail and world building was squeezed into less than 200 pages. The pacing was perfect, never too slow or too rushed. You care about the protagonists and the antagonists are truly awful (but complex). The writing is descriptive and beautiful without being over verbose. This is one of the most efficiently written books I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

annadelph's review

dark reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Gore, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail