Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Bálnahullás by Daniel Kraus

43 reviews

riddikulyss's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It was just okay. The writing was clunky and unevenly paced. The character himself was boring and unbelievable. I will say the descriptive imagery was excellent. It was action packed and suspenseful but overall just felt meh. The main character has extreme daddy issues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Suicide, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

luca97's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

pennyforyourthoughts's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

I picked up this book for some of the stupidest reasons (the cover colors match an ocean video game I have played) and ended up thoroughly enjoyed my time. This book deals with some larger themes will also introducing mostly scientifically, accurate concepts and understanding of the world around us. This book is as much about the main character’s father as the main character and maybe even more so. It’s about grief and guilt and what happens when you can’t move on. 
I will say that I felt the description and cover gave a lot away though the emotional impacts were not spoiled for me. Some things were a little too perfect for the situation, but it wasn’t to an extreme. There are some great one liners that I definitely want to go back to along with a very unique chapter set up that worked for this book. An overall great and interesting read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide

crayoline's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

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

1.0

I did not enjoy this book even a little bit. I went into it without really knowing anything about it, so unlike other reviewers, I did not have the expectation of a thriller where a guy sciences himself out of a predicament. I was open to it being allegory or have deeper meaning or whatever. But man. The sentences—cringe. The dialogue—cheese. The writing style—melodramatic. The audiobook narration—whiny. The sentences—fragmented. 

This read like an undergrad creative writing assignment about setting atmosphere. It was as if the author pulled out a thesaurus to force alliteration wherever possible and use as many words as possible to reinforce that the inside of a stomach is gross. And he really thought he was doing something by highlighting the passage of time in PSI instead of minutes. 

The main character was whiny which made me really not care about the story. The reflections lacked depth, the revelations were trivial. It’s lit for men written by a man, and it’s not my thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sarahbroccoli's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This could have been an amazing vignette into turbulent father-son relationships and the effects of toxic masculinity on boys and young men, but it was too non-cohesive as a story and instead it mostly made me squeamish

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

biobeetle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Alcohol

aprilb_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

cdundes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I WHIZZED through this audiobook - despite some heavy handed passages I was captivated by the concept and found myself double checking all the science.  Maybe time for Cannery Row soon…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Terminal illness, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic