Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

5 reviews

jdonner's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racial slurs, Rape, Gore, Murder, Torture, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Genocide, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Slavery

ashley_1206's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

4.5 ⭐️

i read this book for school and i actually liked this one! it was so interesting to see the holocaust from so many different perspectives. watching how all of the three stories connected as truly so so beautiful. i would recommend this!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Death, Genocide, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Medical content, and Self harm

mnatale100's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, and Deportation

Moderate: Antisemitism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Self harm, Infertility, Murder, Gore, Violence, Torture, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death, Lesbophobia, Slavery, Alcohol, Ableism, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Xenophobia

lovleephtogrl's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

lisbethleftwich's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, and War

Minor: Cancer, Pregnancy, and Panic attacks/disorders