Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

114 reviews

flordemaga's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

This took me a really long time to read by no fault of the book itself, I just literally physically lost the book for like a month.

I will say: at first it felt a bit too much like Crimson Peak, which I know was intentional, but I wanted more variety. And it took a bit too long to get to the action that felt like anything.
But I like the character of Jane Lawrence herself a lot. I like that she's autistic and just is. I also really like the descriptions of the gore and medical stuff and blood. Very visceral without being excessive, self-serving, or unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

seaweed's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

As a gothic mystery, the book does not succeed. Neither does it succeed as a character study. But most of all, it fails as a haunted house story. The author constantly describes the house as breathing, or having impossible angles, but never mentions how it is supposed to look like, leaving the overall impression of empty plastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Medical content

rain94's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A great Gothic horror with a very psychological magic system

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

natbrooke94's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Body horror, Drug use, and Gore

elle_e_d_light's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Have you ever finished a gothic novel and thought: 'This could've have used more cocaine and body horror'? 
Yes?
Then this is the book for you!
It has all the classic gothic tropes plus the above mentioned and an extra big serving of magic—which you shouldn't use. As any character in this book will tell you, it's really bad for your health. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Gaslighting, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

brenncocoa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Child death, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

yellow_ylugbug's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Death, Medical content, Gore, Drug use, and Body horror

Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Miscarriage

emco_0's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Blood, Miscarriage, Body horror, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer

amandaquotidianbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I loved the neurodivergent main character and the magic system. I never connected with Augustine, so was uninvested in a main part of the story. Also not my preferred style of horror, relied a lot on body horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Miscarriage and Abortion

Minor: Sexual content

draconicdetective's review against another edition

dark tense

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use and Death

Minor: Child death