Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

338 reviews

bootrat's review against another edition

I was reading this for a book club, which is the only reason I got as far as I did despite not finishing it, as I really didn't like it from the start and wanted to DNF at like 10%. Horror isn't a genre I'd usually choose, and as a trans person this was hard to read at times. 

I thought the concept of this book was interesting, but felt like it wasn't developed enough and that we didn't get enough background on it. I didn't really love the writing, and felt like it was a bit lacking in a lot of places and that the pacing wasn't good. Also, I didn't really like or sympathise with any of the characters, so I just couldn't bring myself to care about their stories such as they were. Also far too much sex, and none of it was in any way sexy (I don't want to hear about rancid cum, thanks).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder

thebearnest's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

callidoralblack's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Classism

heybethrenee's review

challenging dark sad

5.0

My life going forward can be categorized as before Manhunt and after. This book fundamentally changed something within me. I have read queer literature in the past but I have never connected to characters like this. This is such an unflinching depiction of queerness and complicated relationships we have with ourselves and our community. Wow wow wow the characters in this are everything to me, they are flawed and fucked up and selfish and would do anything for each other. The last hundred pages of this book are a wild zombie dystopian ride and I loved every heartbreaking moment of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

amylfabry's review against another edition

Fascinating world and concept, very funny in parts. It's a comical and grotesque thought experiment taking the logic of anti trans hate to its logical conclusion: what if any "biological male" was literally a rapist monster... the violence was too visceral for me, but it serves a purpose in the story telling. Just like yeah, sickening.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

carokv's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Outing, and Dysphoria

chasehoffman's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.25

the sex scenes written like body horror were a bit too frequent for my personal tastes, but the story was compelling enough for me to push through

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

arinheck's review

dark funny sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Fatphobia, and Alcohol

melanied927's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

iphotosympathize's review against another edition

Gore is not for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Cannibalism