Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer

5 reviews

reflectiverambling_nalana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Grief, Outing, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Biphobia, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

msradiosilence's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

Tldr; I ship Meiner and Dayna, but this book leaves a loooooot unanswered. Hoping for a sequel, because there were several interesting plotlines that were just…dropped.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/witches-of-ash-and-ruin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Blood, Death, Dementia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Outing, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Biphobia, Cannibalism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

t_bird's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.5

There were some parts of this book I really liked and some that I don’t know how to feel about. For instance, I appreciated the thoughtful depiction of mental health, but I found the opening of the book through the eyes of a serial murderer of women to be jarring and shockingly without trigger warning (something I’d expect a person with mental health literacy to do for members of their audience who may have been victims of assault from men). I did enjoy the crime-novel-meets-Celtic-mythology-meets-modern-witchcraft vibe a lot. And as far as the primary romantic relationship goes, I liked that the two girls had shared struggles and could understand each other in that way. On the other hand, Meiner’s diagnosis is never really shared, and her anger management issues seem like a second problem (and as somebody with personal experience here, it’s a little difficult for me to ship a relationship with someone else whose anger, though understandable, tends towards violence and bleeds out to people who haven’t done anything to deserve it). ALSO

I was so upset about the mom plot. I didn’t feel like it was necessary for a plot that already had so much betrayal and drama, and was a very unsatisfying conclusion to the mystery of what was happening to her mom. It also weirdly absolved a lot of the dad’s fault. Didn’t love the “oh I guess he’s not abusing her, she really is just crazy” conclusion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Misogyny, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gore, Homophobia, Stalking, Self harm, Religious bigotry, and Forced institutionalization

Warning, opening scene is from the perspective of a serial killer, who thinks in detail about what he likes about killing women. There are a few more chapters from his perspective, but they’re easier to read after the first one because you know they’re coming.

candycain's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death, Abandonment, Dementia, Mental illness, Stalking, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Outing, Religious bigotry, and Physical abuse

halfwaytoaugust's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry