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Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

319 reviews

ariennegd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Dysphoria

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Full disclosure: I don’t generally read horror. 

This book was disgusting, perfect, challenging, and relatable, unfortunately. Not for the faint of heart but absolutely worth it if you can get through the gore 🏳️‍⚧️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, and Torture

neetle's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

silodear's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Despite my dislike of horror and gore, this book really landed for me. It brought to the forefront the way that trans experiences are left out of many future-vision novels. Not that I want to be a part of this particular apocalypse, but it somehow felt really validating and beautiful even in the horror. This book is easily one of my new favorites. The writing is exceptional and deeply smart. Highly recommended if you can stomach the brutality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Transphobia, and Violence

disauci's review against another edition

I was excited to read Manhunt.  It was even from the beginning unapologetically trans-oriented and had an intriguing concept.  Unfortunately, it fell flat and the characters were almost wholly at fault.  They were unlikable!  I'm tempted to pick it up again over a year later just to see how it ends, but I'm not sure I can get past the fact that I can't root for the main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Transphobia, Violence, Cannibalism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Blood

I didn't complete the book, so there is likely much more that I'm missing.

laurelgrovearboretum's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

scheierndevin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Cannibalism, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

poopyfacemcpoopypants's review against another edition

I tried, I really fucking did. But the whole thing was just a gory rape plot with intense transphobia coming from the folks who weren’t even supposed to be terfs (they were trans). It was just…shock value hell? Or grotesque? A horny orgy of blood and guts and rape.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Violence

katreena's review against another edition

2.5

I feel like the story was very loose and not well put together. Also my my genre so maybe in bias. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lmcoleman2's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This is not my normal genre but I enjoyed it for what it is while recognizing I’m not the target audience!

I feel like the book would do better marketed as a sort of guilty-pleasure read (gory, fun, quick) instead of “book of the year” horror story for everyone to read (just thinking about Roxane Gay’s review on the cover). Often the writing felt really detailed and descriptive but ultimately fell flat for me when it came to character relationships and dialogue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Transphobia, and Violence