Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Une Fenêtre sur les ténèbres by Benjamin Peylet, Rachel Gillig

101 reviews

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was so easy to read, it was such a joy. The writing wasn't basic or anything, it was still beautiful but just easy to read and very interesting, kept me captivated! 

I am glad there was only one s*x scene and one kiss scene, much more preferred. I liked the world and the fantasy of it. I enjoyed our characters and I just love magic card stuff, always here for tarot related stuff. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Sexism, Torture, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

plainromance's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Genocide, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

vireogirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

Dark and twisted story but goodness is resilient.  I appreciated that Ravyn asked for permission before he touched her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Murder

lionthebrian's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

Will read the 2nd one, but honestly was just mid. Had a cool concept, but not much really happened with the magic. Felt like they talked around it mostly, and also didnt care for the spicy scenes. Felt unnecessary 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

lilyblaise's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book! It’s good, solid romantasy with an original magic system. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Violence, and Blood

kayanoelle's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

This was so intriguing and mysterious!! I couldn’t stop reading. I’m very excited for the next book as I’ve heard from a lot of people that they liked it more and I already loved this one:)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Death of parent

chronic_listener's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

Absolutely unputdownable, laced with magic and an eerie atmosphere, One Dark Window was a delightful surprise to me. 

I loved this so much more than I thought. The tension, the plot, the pacing, the characters, the setting, the romance, the writing - I was absolutely captivated.

More things I loved:

♥ the fmc not being a complete pushover 

♥ the magic system

♥ the tree family names

♥ the action scenes

♥ the tension between Elspeth and Ravyn

♥ the Nightmare

♥ the eerie rhymes 

This really felt like a movie in my head, the narrator did such an incredible job bringing this story to life. The writing was so horrifically great that I felt queasy at times because I could just imagine someone living inside my head and feel the pain of all the injuries like it was happening to me.

I can‘t wait to see where this story goes.

One thing I noticed: Considering our fmc seemed quite bright, it took her painfully long to realize what I feel like was quite obvious to the reader from early on.

The Nightmare being the Shepherd King and slowly becoming stronger the more she asks for his help.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying and Police brutality

shadow_cat94's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

I DEVOURED THIS BOOK!

The story was riveting, the characters are engaging, and the world building is constant. Rachel Gillig has a wonderful way with words that just made me want to cling to every sentence as I turned through the pages.

Character development isn't really a thing that happens in this book it's more about character revelations as we get to see the people behind their masks - their real motivations rather than the MC's preconceptions. However, this approach makes it feel like it's the Nightmare's story and Elspeth is the POV character as she is the only constant character that does not change while we follow her around. It's interesting and different.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

issyfrp99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Injury/Injury detail

tspice24's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail