Reviews tagging 'Gore'

House of Cotton by Monica Brashears

6 reviews

elle_e_d_light's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It was a wonderfully written Southern Gothic, although I didn't actually like it very much. Everyone in this book is several layers of messed up. Everyone hurts each other—and gets hurt in return—because of their issues. It's a novel exploring black womanhood in regards to poverty, sexuality, and racism with a whole lot of macabre moments thrown in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Body horror, Drug use, and Gore

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

greenan26's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Abortion, Alcoholism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Stalking, Classism, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

Minor: Fatphobia and Pedophilia

corriejn's review against another edition

3.0

I guess this book is for some people, but not for me. I didn't mind the darker stuff, but found the story to be fairly slow-moving, many of the characters pretty flat and undeveloped, and the ending unsatisfying.

One thing I did not expect from the book synopsis is the amount of graphic sexual content, so just a heads up if that's not something you're looking for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Vomit, and Body horror

Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

emi_momo's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Drug use, Death of parent, Abortion, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Death, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Gore

Minor: Vomit, Addiction, Pregnancy, Rape, and Pedophilia

lbara33's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault and Abortion

eli_like_a_lie's review against another edition

dark

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Incest, Pregnancy, Rape, Death of parent, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Drug use, and Abortion

Moderate: Mental illness and Drug abuse