Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

52 reviews

emilybohannan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Gore and Gun violence

jessicake1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Infertility

librarydare's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Racism and Transphobia

xennial_reader's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Death, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Sexual content

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Violence, Alcohol, Slavery, Gore, Racism, Confinement, Gun violence, Blood, and Cursing

ahhhreadzombiez's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Transphobia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Deadnaming, and Emotional abuse

jenferlizbeth's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

1.0

Unfortunately, I did not like this. It started strong, and LaValle is masterful at imagery. I kept reading hoping it would all come together, that there would be some deeper meaning or lesson, but it ultimately fell flat, with several loose threads and - in the few cases there was any - bizarre/unclear character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Racism

arianna_w's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

mtnest's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Cursing, Child death, Alcohol, and Confinement

como022's review against another edition

mysterious sad slow-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

3.0

A good book but slow and a little boring at times. Makes a very irregular woman seem pretty normal which may be the point?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism