Reviews tagging 'Gore'

All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown

33 reviews

lemonix_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Wow! I will update this tomorrow

This was such a good book! I loved the main characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Vomit

Moderate: Genocide, Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Cursing

Check trigger warnings first!

danyels_denouements's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, and Homophobia

adren92's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.75

i really enjoyed the book. i read it in i think two sittings. the characters are great and I really loved the lgbtqia+ representation of it. i wish there were more characters of color in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Death, Vomit, and Gore

planner5002's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

3.75

This book was kind of slow, but it was entertaining and compelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Bullying

This book is about a pandemic, and it doesn’t hesitate to use gore. It’s a good read, but anyone squeamish whose worried about getting triggered by the content might not want to read it.

o__o's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This book is so good!! It focuses a lot on the inner-monologues of the characters while also being action-packed. The chapters bounce between two POVs so you really get to know both characters. It’s almost freakishly real, especially after Covid, but not too similar to the point where it’s particularly disturbing (in my opinion). Some parts of this book are disturbing, such as violence, the general nature of the “super-flu”, and a lot of bodies, but it’s also a post-apocalyptic story so it kinda comes with the package. The romance is subtle and not the main focus of the story which is also nice because, for once, the conflict in the story does not revolve around being LGBTQ+. However, I do think it correctly addresses the concerns and conflicts that would arise as an LGBTQ+ person in the apocalypse. Overall, this book is well-written, emotional, balanced, and entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Child death, Homophobia, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Antisemitism and Alcohol

lotte5322's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical trauma, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Religious bigotry, Racism, Sexism, and Suicide

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Death of parent, Gore, Child death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

kaitlyng's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-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? No

5.0

Amazing story, so emotional and well written. I loved the references and humour used along the way, I literally could not put this book down and read it in one sitting! Can't recommend this book enough!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Homophobia, Blood, and Gore

ramreadsagain's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I pretty much can’t fault this. I wish the characters were a little older but that’s a me thing. 

For once the pop culture references didn’t annoy me! It actually felt pretty realistic for teenage boys to use them as a coping mechanism in this setting. 

This was tense yet so heartwarming and now I’m feeling gay and emotional. It had some really good messages about hope, good people, shitty governments in pandemics, and love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Medical content

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Vomit, and Gore

Minor: Suicide

davidbythebay's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-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

5.0

I was skeptical, to say the least. I worried that I couldn't handle a dystopian world post-pandemic from an incredibly deadly flu. I waited to read this until I was able to better handle that because I was unsure how I would react to a post-pandemic dystopia. To be honest, I never once thought of COVID-19 as I tore through this book like a hot knife through butter.

I was kept guessing from page 1 about what was going to happen next. Some things did happen as I hoped/predicted, even if not in the way I originally thought. Other things came out of nowhere. No matter what, it was intense in all the best ways. I legitimately YELLED at the book at one point - no spoilers! - and pleaded with the author as though I was Annie Wilkes in Misery. Had things not gone to my satisfaction, I don't know if I wouldn't have gone full Wilkes. Thankfully, things worked out better than I could have hoped. 

The pacing of the book made me hesitant a good amount of the time. It flew by to the point where what I thought the ending was going to be would have occurred only 50% of the way through the book. Yup. I was convinced that the story arch was one particular thing and that it was being resolved at 50%. I was pleased to see that there was some legs to the second half of the book - and I do mean a nice set of legs. It was almost like this was two books combined into one in that there were almost two different plots that were seamlessly and masterfully stitched together. Brown's book doesn't feel like two books smashed together. At the 50% mark I started wondering where we were going to go next. The second half naturally came out of the first half and transitioned smoothly.

Brown skillfully maintained the tension and begged the reader to turn the page. There was not a stray word nor a stray moment in this piece. I have to say, this was a masterful M-M Romance. Hope and the discovery of what love and what makes a home is the center of this novel. I have discovered a new book that I have fallen in love with. I hope that this author, whom I now adore immensely, will write again in the future. Whether it be in this universe or another, I want to see more from Erik J. Brown! 

WARNINGS: Be of the mindset that you can handle discussions of a deadly super flu, detailed descriptions of illness and deaths, violence, some gore, death of family and loved ones, homophobia, and medical discussions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Misogyny, Homophobia, Gun violence, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Terminal illness, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Suicide