Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

33 reviews

captainoliimar's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Classism, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Animal death, Gore, Medical content, Homophobia, Suicide, and Hate crime

Moderate: Racism, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Kidnapping, Bullying, Torture, Outing, Misogyny, Ableism, Vomit, Stalking, and Police brutality

esm_359's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Terminal illness, and Bullying

Minor: Sexism and Racism

booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Violence

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging reflective 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? No

3.75

Interesting apocalypse book of two men that happen upon each other. They end up teaming up and going to search for others and right their wrongs. They fall in love but refuse to just tell each other. It’s adorable and deeply unrealistic 😂. But I suspended belief at some point and it really sucked me in especially towards the end. An enjoyable read, especially for dystopia and an apocalypse. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

eimear_jane's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Violence, Gun violence, Gore, Drug use, Chronic illness, and Child death

manic_mantis's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

This is one of those books that will leave you feeling both fulfilled and empty by the end. So much happens in this book and yet by the end you still find yourself wanting more. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time and I recommend it to anyone who knows how to read. 5/5⭐️ will be reading this again! P.s. this one's a tear jerker, I am currently crying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

sssssoup's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Racism, and Sexism

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Murder, Grief, Medical content, Racism, Violence, Biphobia, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

criticalgayze's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

First, I want to talk expectations management. The copy for this book labels it as an "adventure romance," and I feel that needs to be discussed a little more. This book is an "adventure romance" in the way The Darkness Outside Us would be called a "science fiction romance." All That's Left in the World is an incredibly bleak package with a kernel of light and joy at the center that keeps the book from just fully being The Road (Young Reader's Edition).

That being said, this is an amazing book for Queer fans of the post apocalyptic genre. The tension is great, the story hits a lot of Walking Dead and The Road marks, and you get a sweet drop of M/M romance mixed in. I appreciate Erik Brown for allowing an entry for the Queers out there.

As much as I enjoyed the story, I did want more of both the "adventure" and the "romance" elements. With the adventure pieces, I felt we were rushed through a little too quickly in a way that added a lot of tense moments but allowed us very little time to actually sit in and stress about them. (This may be the YA of it all.) The romance is also cute, but I feel like it takes too long to get there. I know the acknowledgments cite this as an editorial choice, but I think that gives the reader too little joy for a YA story. I think this book would have worked better as a trilogy or duology where Brown could have delved a little deeper without creating one overlong piece, which I feel YA likes to try to avoid.

I am excited to see where Brown takes readers next!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Homophobia

jenarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit, Body horror, Misogyny, Gore, and Medical content

Minor: Bullying, Religious bigotry, and Hate crime