Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor

13 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Sounded like it should’ve been a really good book. In reality, there were parts that were good, but most of it was disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Grief, Bullying, Trafficking, Rape, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Abortion, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Stalking, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Car accident, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Confinement, Murder, and Violence

madoo1182's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Rape, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Blood, Gore, and Murder

sheabutterfemme's review against another edition

Way too much sexual violence for me rn 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Gore

editorsansserif's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Kidnapping, Drug use, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Moderate: Car accident, Grief, Blood, Death, Gore, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Rape, and Colonisation

Minor: Torture, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Infidelity, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Confinement, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Trafficking

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion

emmehooks's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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

4.75

Overall, I LOVED this book! There were so many morally ambiguous (and straight up bad) characters, plenty of commentary on elite society and urban Indian development, and lots of action.

There are 3 main POVS with an additional 2 mini-POVs towards the end - each has their own unique voice. I enjoyed the world and character building in the beginning but think the ending felt rushed and disjointed. 

This is a cliffhanger book with 2 more planned AND a TV series on FX

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Car accident, Blood, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Abortion, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Suicide

meaghanslibrary's review

challenging tense slow-paced

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

1.75

This book started out alright with Ajay’s point of view. It was interesting to enter that world. But the second or third parts of the book were different points of view that I didn’t care for, I think it might be because the characters didn’t have redeeming qualities. 

It really felt the author was trying to do too much. Especially with trying to change the writing styles to poems when Sunny is being beaten up.

I did not get the ending at all, I was hoping it would redeem reading this long book, but it fell very flat.

I think maybe this book was more written like it was ready to be a screenplay for a movie because some parts felt so choppy. 

I feel like the book could have been good and had such good reviews but I’m very disappointed because it was so long and I just don’t get what the purpose of the book was at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Rape, Slavery, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, and Classism

caylorquinn's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Drug use, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Abortion, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide

grantsharpies's review

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Violence, Animal cruelty, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

deagaric's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

Enthralling story with a wide array of characters and POVs. This is a multifaceted story about dirty money and the people behind it in the cities and backcountry of India in the 1990s and early 2000s. Very unique setting and a (mostly) fast-paced, insane plot filled with mind-numbing wealth, deception, violence, and forbidden love.

I loved the unpredictable story line and the family saga aspect of the tale. Though I strongly recommend glancing at the trigger warnings before starting this book (the continued rape and sodomy of a minor is very explicit and highly disturbing and I genuinely wish I had skipped reading those chapters), Kapoor also adds in details about the strengths of human bonds and the need for secure attachment to others even when raised around violence and neglect. Quite a few comedic moments as well, particularly from Sunny's assistant, Eli, towards the end.

I also liked learning about India's geography and spent a decent amount of time googling up the places so I can imagine the setting more clearly. The author was born and raised in northern India and I think brings a special expertise to capturing it as a backdrop to the story.

The reason I give this a 4 rather than 5 is the weird pacing; it'll be 100mph for dozens of pages, and then slow down into a school-zone pace for a 100 more. Particularly around the point of Book/Section 3 and 4, the story became a slog, and took willpower to push through to the end. I assume a lot of the seemling unnecessary backstory will become important in the second and third book of this trilogy, so keeping my eyes peeled for that!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Gore, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Addiction, Murder, Car accident, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Abortion, Torture, and Death of parent