Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan

8 reviews

vagorsol's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

1.5

I still don’t care about Nadya and Malachiasz and their relationship. 
The plot dragged immensely and character motivations felt incomprehensible to me. The only reason I’m even going to finish the third book is because I want to discuss it with a friend whose already finished the trilogy. Am I going to regret doing so? Probably. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcohol and Self harm

Eye Horror/Gore in the last few chapters

ka_ke's review

On today’s episode of books that did not deserve or need to be a trilogy… Wicked Saints was great, it was unique, fresh and exciting. Ruthless gods is not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Slavery, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, and Xenophobia

lillianreadsalot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Self harm, Murder, and Gore

lavieboheme215's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jesseisilliterate's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Self harm

Minor: Alcoholism

booksthatburn's review against another edition

I started reading this a week after reading the first book, WICKED SAINTS, and I don't know what's happening or why I should care. I mention the timeframe to make it clear that my confusion is not a result of waiting a long time between reading the first book and picking up the sequel. I'm perfectly fine being confused by a book, there are some I've praised for being fascinating while also spending a long time being largely incomprehensible. But I just can't get into the central motivation of "girl must save demon nightmare boy from something (???) by doing something (???)". I can handle a book being boring for a little while, and I'm fine with confusion, but this combination of unclear stakes, revelations without enough tension, general lack of context, and a plot I just can't get into means I'm going ahead and stopping now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Self harm, Gore, Body horror, Murder, and Death

satrnstarz's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism

emmjay's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Body horror and Self harm