Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Air Awakens by Elise Kova

11 reviews

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

1.5

Where do I begin... The protagonist's name being two random Norse words? The chapter that is Divine Rivals But Worse? And actual dialogue tag that is "demanded gently"? The love interest asking the protagonist if she's ever fucked a man or masturbated two pages after calling her a child? (She's seventeen by the way.) The way the love interest's entire personality changes chapter to chapter? (And no, the protagonist thinking "the two halves of his personality don't seem to fit" does not fix that.) Why does this love triangle have so many sides when it's crystal clear who she is going to end up with! 

I literally only finished this due to a reading challenge. The back 40% was better than the first 60%, but I cannot get over how bad it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gore, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Kidnapping, Blood, Grief, Medical content, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Death of parent

TW eye injury

morriganlefaye's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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

3.75

The story is gripping and the writing flows pretty well, although definitely not as well as in Ms Kovas newer books. 
It's a bit rough around the edges and it took me a few chapters to really get sucked into the story, but in the end, I couldn't put the book down anymore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, and Confinement

akirokis's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Confinement, and Gore

quietlyfierce's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Gore, Body horror, and Death

booksoflore's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Death

samanthajones's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, War, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

arock1013's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Gore

delvie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It was alright. I feel like the main character is a little flat, and her love of books being her only personality trait seems like a cheap gimmick to get readers to like her quickly. It took a minute to get into, but I'll pick up the second book sometime soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Police brutality

Moderate: Death and Gore

Minor: Medical content

helpme71's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Gore