Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill

5 reviews

aparker89's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Bullying, Cancer, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Mental illness

amber_lyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

At some points in this book I had to put it down and just stare at nothing for a second.

This book caught me by surprise. A monster is haunting a family for generations and each person has a very different reaction to the monster. This was much more about the psychology of each member of the family and the dynamic between each of them. I think this book has a little bit of everything. I’m definitely planning on reading it again to get the things I missed the first round.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Gore, and Pedophilia

brianna_moye's review

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Grief, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, and Gore

trailmixraisins's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

What if monsters were not just our imagination but living alongside us, watching us? A creepy story of Lovecraftian horror that follows a family for three generations.

The sexual turn it took about three-quarters of the way in was kind of gross and off-putting. I would've enjoyed it much more without that aspect.

The world-building was a little weak, but it was mostly cohesive throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Kidnapping

Minor: Death, Gore, Grief, Torture, and Mental illness

malloryfitz's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion