Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Cold Storage by David Koepp

18 reviews

dellybear's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Gore

kat42's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Cold Storage is such a fun read! The plot was exciting, I liked the characters (I think Trini was my favorite), and it was surprisingly funny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Racism

leebee_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, and Gun violence

itendswithe's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

A warning: Every male character in this book is terrible. 

As other reviews have said, the attempts to explain the science here is very bad in a way that wasn't necessary. When you're working with something from space, "alien" is a good enough explanation! The "mutualistic relationship" as described in the book does more to show the author's lack of understanding of biology than helpfully explain the fungal evolution seen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, and Racism

megliz's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Cold storage was a classic thriller. Fun. Hilarious. Tense. Sometimes terrifying and gruesome, but genuinely entertaining. The style of writing with the omnipotent narrator at times worked, like when it was the POV of the fungus, but other times, it was giving unnecessary background information. 

For me, the only major issue I had was the pacing. The book would be really tense, and then it would fall off. Rinse and repeat. It didn't have any kind of consistency. It didn't slowly build and then slowly fall. It was like a cliff. It kind of messed with the heart-stopping feeling, the worry you're feeling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Abortion

laellaj's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic

aparker89's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

echood's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

4.25

Very fascinatingly written, but fumbled the epilogue

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Mass/school shootings