Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

21 reviews

scumlow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

this was such a cute little read. funny and sweet, and surprisingly violent and gory at times for YA, too, which i love. it honestly had me tearing up for a couple of moments as well, especially at one point where i really thought we were delving into some sort of AIDS crisis allegory. i think there’s certain elements of this story i struggled with, but i can’t get too much into it without spoiling things. the problems i had here are the same problems i have with this type of story every time though, so it’s not an issue unique to this book. if a creepy space mystery gay YA love/thriller story sounds fun to you, definitely give this a shot! also if you’ve ever read any type of gay kylo ren fanfic this is also one for you bc i was referring to that kodiak dude as russian kylo ren without fail every single time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Gore, Vomit, Terminal illness, and Homophobia

coffeebean216's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death, Vomit, Confinement, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Classism, Cancer, Cursing, Homophobia, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

wheatlyre's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Gaslighting, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Sexism, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment, Racism, War, Transphobia, and Homophobia

tovetott's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

(I'm so torn about this score but like... 4.8??? Might change this once I've had some sleep jdjdbdn)

Okay so. This book fcked me up lol. From the synopsis I really thought it was gonna be a cool, interesting, fluffy kinda space-tale and like... it was, but not even CLOSE to what I expected! My jaw was on the floor for long periods of time, multiple, multiple times.

As a Doctor Who girlie and a sucker for sci-fi and space, I really loved it even tho it damn near caused nightmares for me. Very spooky! Very unsettling! The movie 'Gravity' comes to mind even tho this book has a lot more fluff and calm moments to give you a break between the absolute horror. 

The thing that did knock down the score for me a bit was the romance, because it felt a lot like it came out of nowhere? I assume that being forced to live together with a single person and only having them to rely on in a life-or-death scenario would make a relationship a lot deeper than here on Earth, but it went a little too fast for me considering how intensely enemies/rivals-esque they were set up to be in the beginning. But, like other reviews also say, it's really not that important for the plot.

Other things I liked include how the author showed that time has passed! Very cool idea! Very confusing at first but was woven into the story soooo nicely as it went on. Also the separation between the "chapters". So incredibly cool.

I'm not gonna write anymore because, like many other reviews say, it's SO worth going in blind!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

Moderate: Gaslighting

avacadosocks's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Cancer, Confinement, Medical content, Body horror, and Terminal illness

Minor: War, Gore, Suicide, and Vomit

sonias's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.25

It's not fluff. If you want fluff - run the fuck away. 
Cuddly space homosexuals don't compensate for all the trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Murder, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Gore

Minor: Homophobia, War, and Xenophobia

linnea1801's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this book gave me trust issues

when the first Ambrose and Kodiak died I was screaming and crying

I am very glad that this is fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, War, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Vomit and Cancer

bookthief404's review

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Came for the gay romance in space, stayed for the mystery, horror and heartbreak

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Gore, Death, Suicide, and Sexual content

doodleoodz's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

Could not put this book down, finished it in a day. Well worth the read; it kept me interested, heartbroken, and utterly in love with the choice of words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Cursing, Self harm, and Suicide

annieisawesome's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was so good! Coming into it I assumed it was just a queer space romance, but it’s so much more! It’s very well thought out and the mystery behind it is phenomenal. It’s got a lot of 2001: A Space Odyssey vibes, only for a new era.    

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gore, Murder, and Excrement