Reviews tagging 'Violence'

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

233 reviews

msapocalypse's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Violence, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual assault, Rape, Self harm, Animal death, and Suicide attempt

studiouspencil's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

4.0

A love letter to monsters and the girls who love them. The girls who embody them. A confusing, Clue-like, high literary trash movie of a journey through a young woman’s trauma and the only way she can handle looking at it: through a generous soaking of blood. It’s the best of good-for-her horror mixed in with the worst of adolescence. Will definitely be picking up the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Incest and Sexual assault

schishkabob's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Violence, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

rozpoz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

Finally the weird girl representation we deserve. As an unreliable narrator Jade hits a good balance of being sympathetic with being unhinged at times. The ending did hurt my heart, the logic at times was hard to follow but I had to know what would happen. Stacey Graves Stan for life, go get em babygirl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

ex_hardesty's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Blood, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child abuse, and Sexual harassment

mcuthill's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

mulletapologist's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Animal death

Moderate: Vomit

cebadgley's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

 I had the most difficult time following the frenetic writing. While reading I almost DNF bc of style and my inability to “hear” the characters voice while in 3rd POV. The twist at the end and the final couple of paragraphs has me heated and rolling my eyes. This is going to stay with me for a bit, and bc of that, I’ll rate it a 4.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Child abuse

cyndakeel's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Rape, and Child death

Minor: Cultural appropriation

lizzardbreath's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

Book so good I had to read the acknowledgments. Stephen Graham Jones does a wonderful job at portraying the complicated life of a teenage girl dealing with childhood trauma and how she uses slasher horror to help navigate her life. Really, there’s no eloquent way for me to fully explain this book into words other than to say that I found myself relating to Jade in a lot of ways and how creative she was for managing how to survive through a series of murders in her town while also dealing with how the town locals treated her. She’s lived a hard life and I was so proud of her for being able to overcome her fears, challenge her preconceived notions of herself and manage to solve the mystery behind the murder of Proofrock. I’m so excited to see where her story goes next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Cursing, and Sexual assault