Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

87 reviews

amschelly153's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Would not suggest as a casual read, it’s a very hard book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism

tr4shc4n's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

bookish_bry's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. It was incredibly bleak, but there was also some burning embers of hope on almost every page. I really liked the relationship between the father and son. The father was really trying hard to raise his child the best he could even in a world of death and suffering.

The apocalypse itself didn't always make the most sense. It wasn't really steeped in much reality, but that didn't detract from the story too much. I really liked the writing style, but that comes from having listened to its audiobook. Judging by the other reviews, there may be some style choices that could have made it hard to read a physical copy. The audiobook however was great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, and Pregnancy

The canabolism is pretty bad through the book. This includes the main characters stumbling across a baby being cooked. There are many dead bodies. Also, the characters almost starve to death a few times.

natgoe's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

mlewis's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Murder

revolution666's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Gun violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Rape, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and War

lindsayerin's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Slavery, Trafficking, and Fire/Fire injury

atreidesjr's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

weirdodari's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

So this book completely wrecked me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

safeandhound's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

The author clearly has an overall dark view about humanity, but it is tempered with the allowance for love.  Would not read if you’re feeling depressed…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Murder