Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

12 reviews

nicoletiff's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Vomit, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Trafficking, and Medical trauma

mauricekofi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, and Sexism

Minor: Police brutality

nervcorp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

holy balls i fly through these books (i do not like crime novels) 

i am so like her real. 

edit: fuck this shit this IS a 5 star read i read this book in 3 sittings (not normal for me) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Death, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

Moderate: Gun violence, Gore, and Violence

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Trafficking, Biphobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Homophobia, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexism, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

Minor: Antisemitism, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, and Suicide

theatomicblonde22's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Homophobia, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

theyoungprincesobek's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Not getting to the actual mystery for nearly 200 pages really threw me off. And with well over 400 pages to go after that, it was hard for me to recover. Larsson's writing style is a little "and then this happened, and then that happened" for me, but ultimately I liked the mystery. My only complaint is that I felt like they only really honed in on what was going on in the last 75 pages. The rest of the book was important context, especially for Salander's life, but not necessarily for the mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Minor: Rape

e11en's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Trafficking and Rape

kymzii's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

A good sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, although less succinct as this book's purpose was to answer questions posed by the first novel. It also ends in a cliffhanging meaning you really need to read the third book to find out what happens next. This book was a little over long, and the main plot didn't kick in until around 40% in, but after that it was gripping. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Forced institutionalization

zosia3's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gun violence, Death of parent, Vomit, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Torture, Death, Lesbophobia, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

intelligentenigma's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Trafficking, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness