Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Čierny leopard, červený vlk by Marlon James

109 reviews

sepptb's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

abnerbee's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

Incredible mythology and great lore but so, so graphic

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

bookishkarina's review against another edition

Go to review page

slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.5

Hated this. Disgusting and vulgar language that was so unnecessary. Women were described in such a foul way for no reason whatsoever. Has pedophelia, violent rape scenes, bestiality and so much more disturbing and disgusting stuff. I was in pain the entire time. Read something else. Don’t go through the pain and suffering I did.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

jleohirsch's review against another edition

Go to review page


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

samanthaleereads's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

literarygrooves's review against another edition

Go to review page

Really wanted to love this book but it just wasn’t working for me. Lengthy sections of dialogue not indicating who was speaking with more than 2 characters involved. Jumping timelines that made it difficult for me to get and stay involved in the main storyline. Usually these are things that work just fine for me, but in this case were executed in such a way that left me consistently confused. That on top of what felt like consistent misogyny, graphic violence & SA - If I was more invested in the story or characters, I would’ve probably found it worth my time to push through my issues but I found myself just not caring enough to push through another 400+ pages. Please check content warnings before reading this book!

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

clarisreads's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

The plot was good, it was incredibly graphic and barbaric. I found it hard to read and am honestly relieved it’s over. I won’t be reading the rest of the trilogy. But I did think about the characters a lot while reading. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

capybara5's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0


Expand filter menu Content Warnings

bremblebee's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

A very good read. I had to get used to the way the author wrote this book, but after a couple of chapters you get used to it. The book is very explicit and deals with some heavy themes so reader discretion is advised and check out the content warnings. The style of telling reminded me a bit of the interview with a vampire. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

qog's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I had to force myself to finish this book. First, it was hard to follow what was happening. The first half of the book, I had no idea what the storyline was. Eventually I was tracking and there were a lot of interesting stories, characters, worlds, etc. But what made it very challenging to read/finish the book was the overwhelming amount of extremely graphic, often sexually violent scenes, along with overly sexualized content, involving all ages. So much extreme violence, sexual violence, sex/genitalia descriptions, etc. It was too much.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings