Reviews tagging 'Death'

The North Water by Ian McGuire

11 reviews

grommit's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Hectic, crass and violent. Excellent narrative arc

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

starsreside's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Racism, Excrement, Homophobia, Murder, Medical content, and Death

bersblue's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Addiction, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Racism

lamorna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Animal cruelty, and Outing

akthiebes's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Vomit, Child death, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Rape

samster's review against another edition

I'm sorry, I found the graphic first chapter far too unpleasant. I'm not usually squeamish, this is the second book I remember finding this unpleasant (though for different reasons) & I forced myself to finish the last one, and regretted it. So, I'm stopping this one here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Content warning not on the list for necrophilia.

bruinrocks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Drug use, Drug abuse, Cursing, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Blood, Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Abandonment

sirissacgluten's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, Sexual content, Racism, Homophobia, Drug use, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, and Cannibalism

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Excrement, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Outing

stopsatgreen's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Murder, and Sexual violence