Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Ein wenig Leben by Hanya Yanagihara

608 reviews

punmaster90's review against another edition

2.75

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

bethniamh's review against another edition

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Maybe if the author had shown any degree of self-restraint, I might have been moved by this in the way she so clearly wants the reader to be. However, she gets so carried away with the catalogue of awful things that happen in this book that I was sat there, eyebrows raised, thinking ‘really??’ on multiple occasions. I’ll probably have more to say at a later point but right now all I can say is that this was a frustrating experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

uraliebn2's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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five because the writing was great and it sure made me feel something

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

wendywhaliams's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment

sofiaprik's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

gabriellle's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury

littlefrogbigfrog's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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Just absolutely ** devastating. This book is hated on a lot (& I see where they're coming from) & for the majority of the book I was thinking that I should be bored but I just could not put it down. I have never felt so sad for a character as I have for Jude & something about the fly on the wall perspective that you take on as the reader just made the characters feel so real in a way that I hadn't encountered before in my reads. It is a very very tough read & I definitely had to take several breaks from reading before I finished but I will never forget this book & it sits on my shelf of favorite reads.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide attempt

mayareadsbooksnow's review against another edition

0.25

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I only started reading this because I wanted to see if it makes me cry. Spoiler alert!

It didn't

.  Don't get me wrong,

the ending is absolutely sad with how Jude had to get his leg amputated, and despite that he was living his best life with Willem only for Willem to die in an accident. Of course, not standing the lost, Jude decided to euthanize himself, Iassume.

Either way, I absolutely hated reading this book. I know, you might be wondering "tHeN wHy tHe hAEWLl diD yOu reAD iT?". Well...I spent a fuckton of my saved up allowance to buy this book so OBVIOUSLY I have to finish reading this 😁💢💢

Anyways, what I originally came here to say is that;
1. I think the author hates men so much that she didn't know any legal way to torture them, so she decided to write this book
2. All the characters suck and I hate every and each one of them (yes, some characters including Jude, Willem, Harold, etc...oh JB included too cause how can I forget that fuck?)
3. The ending was kind of sad (only at an atomic level, okay?), so I'll give .25 for that
4. The writing is godawful (I don't wanna be too mean about this cause beauty is in the eye of beholder and this is not my beauty)

Overall, I'm happy to end this journey and excited to move onto the next thing cause I know at least it's gonna be better than whatever this was..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

giuggix888's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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it's my favorite book, I love the characters, It made me cry like a fountain. It made me empathize with the protagonist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

This is not a children's book. If you are experiencing a period of mental weakness, don't read it. Protect your mind. I recommend reading it during a calm period in your life.

musky's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional sad tense 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: Yes

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This book is about men’s capacity for evil and love. Cried many times. Would have been a 5 if there were any significant female characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria