Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Hunger by Alma Katsu

24 reviews

kt2e56's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

A lot of this really worked for me! It’s clearly very well researched and the horror elements are very chilling. I think some of the different threads get a bit disjointed though and don’t fully mesh together. There’s also some reveals made towards the end that feel a bit like they were thrown in last minute (an example being

Tamsen being in love with her brother. I think that’s something that should have come up way sooner if she was so madly in love with him that she emotionally pushed herself away from other men and used sex to satisfy herself while she couldn’t get her brother. The way it’s presented in the book is very sudden and has nothing to do with the events at that point.

). The ending as a whole felt a bit rushed. Certain characters that we had POV chapters from felt pushed off to the side when I think hearing more from them could have added to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Pedophilia, Suicide, Infidelity, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Self harm, Sexism, Alcoholism, Classism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Vomit

msagerber's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Death, Racism, Animal death, Blood, Sexual assault, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Incest

phaas's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Child death, and Racism

Moderate: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

Minor: Pregnancy

paperquilt's review

adventurous dark medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Cannibalism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Racism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

magellen's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Solid, dread from the start story. Walks between the mystical and the desperate for scientific explanation.

For a while it's a jumble of POVs but they do ultimately tie together in a horrid grotesque bow. Don't get attached to anyone, don't hope for the best - if you know anything about the history of the Donner-Reed Party, you know what you've gotten into !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Violence, Homophobia, Grief, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Racism, Murder, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Confinement, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Body horror, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual assault, Death, Cannibalism, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, and Incest

tanilian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Death, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Homophobia

Minor: Incest

theremightbecupcakes's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Incest

mfrisk's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

I really enjoyed this read. While it was definitely a slow burn I felt the journey itself was incredibly worthwhile and that I really got to know the hostile and unforgiving setting and the variety of characters. 

I thought this story did a good job of balancing the real and the supernatural evils which existed and that it did a great job of not having any one character be altogether good or evil. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, Animal death, Death, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest

keenanmaree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence