Reviews tagging 'Gore'

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

211 reviews

triggs4780's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

evelynyle_88's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Gun violence

chrischellem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Gore, and Death

virgilsinferno's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

If you're in the mood for a kinda slasher movie in book form, this is exactly that. Its got some twists, some I enjoyed and others I did not. It is definitely strong in the YA feel so take that as you will. Overall a fairly unique story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Child death, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual content, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Physical abuse

bookishflower's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed this until the 50% mark, but then it went off the rails a bit. I’d also be curious to know what Jewish readers thought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Vomit, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, Torture, Death, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Murder

elskabee's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

3.0

A short fun slasher that is highly readable and fairly tense.

Its biggest shortcoming was the characters, who started out with great characterisation but slowly became puppets simply acting in ways that will continue the plot. That does happen a lot in horror, but with its fast pace and short page count it meant that I had no investment in whether these characters lived or died, so the tension waned towards the end and I didn't find any of the twists particularly shocking or captivating.

Still it was a fun time for an afternoon and a half and I think that's what it's trying to be, not the next literary masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

kat42's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Not my favorite book by Bayron, but I still enjoyed it and liked how she played around with typical horror movie/book tropes. I think You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight would have benefited from being a little longer and thus giving a chance for some aspects to be fleshed out better.

I thought the Owl Society was interesting, but would have liked to learn more about them. It felt like we just got a vague overview. I also personally didn't love the supernatural elements, but I'm sure plenty of people will disagree on that. Finally, I was kinda expecting there to be a killing spree WHILE the game was going on so no one knew if it was real or not.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Blood

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

More of a cult folk horror than a slasher, and with a messy narrative structure, a cast of likeable teens with strong friendships, twists that I genuinely did not see coming, and visceral horror and gore made up for the book’s shortcomings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Animal death, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Stalking, Child abuse, Violence, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Medical content, Cursing, Gun violence, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content, Police brutality, and Racism

There is also police negligence, ritualistic sacrifice, weaponry, horror movie spoilers and bodies hidden in lakes.

coyotes_tiptoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Death