Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

49 reviews

nschilling10's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

It's pretty good, I generally like the characters even if Miller is a bit of an ass. I like Fred; he's good and honorable. 

The plot is pretty good; pacing is pretty good. They build drama and tension without being too hacky.
The ending is interesting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gore, War, Police brutality, Murder, Cursing, Violence, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

swordrager's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Torture, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Addiction, Confinement, Terminal illness, War, Child death, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcohol, Classism, Genocide, Excrement, Violence, Cancer, Gun violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Medical content, Gore, Abandonment, Self harm, Grief, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcoholism, Body horror, Colonisation, Deportation, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual violence, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

rattledragons's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Genocide, Classism, Colonisation, Vomit, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, and Suicide

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, and Drug use

buttercat42's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

3.25

This book wasn’t fantastic and it wasn’t terrible. The world is really interesting but the authors got really bogged down in the technical description sometimes, and most of the characters were very flat. The only character with any depth was Miller, and he is so much the main character of the story that it seems wild in retrospect that only half of the book was from his perspective. I found sometimes that I felt left out of what was happening- an action would happen so suddenly that I would go back a few paragraphs, convinced I had missed something, but in fact there just hadn’t been any lead-in  that made sense. I’ll probably continue on with the series but not right away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, War, Body horror, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Medical content

remescient's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

This series is so good. Honestly the first book isn't even the best one, but it's still so good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Death, Cursing, War, Confinement, Violence, Classism, and Body horror

lissi_k's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, and Gore

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Alcoholism

mariainestb's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

Pretty solid start to the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide, War, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

bookstoashes's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, and Rape

bkwrm1317's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Medium-slow pace. Enjoyed the nature horror elements a lot but didn’t feel super invested in the characters/didn’t quite do it for me. 

Currently planning to try out books 2 and 3, but not thinking this is a series finisher for me, unfortunately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Classism, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, and Death

Minor: Vomit, War, and Medical content

angela_iseli's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Body horror, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War