Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Schwarzer Leopard, roter Wolf by Marlon James

109 reviews

finn_vibing's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Child death, Death, Animal death, Slavery, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Homophobia

nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

TW: Rape, sexual assault of children, genitalia mutilation, violence, gore, torture 

2.5

Honestly, I’m still not quite sure what happened... second half is stronger when it comes to linear plot lines. The first half jumped around a lot and it was hard to keep track of what was going on. Making this book was very hard to get though. 

Very rapey and everything was described sexually... like everything... even inanimate objects. 

The trigger warnings above were depicted extremely graphic so please take them seriously and tread carefully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racism, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, and Torture

steph1225's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

rrovezzi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

aroguemonster's review against another edition

The prose and graphic nature weren't really appealing. I only kept reading because it was here, but I'm returning it to the library so I can get something else to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Infidelity, Homophobia, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, and Misogyny

happily_undignified's review against another edition

Too many triggers for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, and Gore

henriettta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Incest, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, and Torture

heat_her's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

taylor13's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Murder, and Violence

skitch41's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is one of those books that I think I am going to have to read again in the near future. I both loved and hated this book at the same time. Loved it because the ending was particularly good and brought many things I didn't fully understand into view. I also loved it for just how different this book is. It's just a fascinating world Mr. James has created. However, I hated this book because it was so easy to get lost, which I did very early and never really recovered. Part of that is my fault as I didn't always devote the time and attention to it I should have. But part of it is also the way Marlon James has written this book. Over 600+ pages, chapters could be incredibly long and even tedious. And yet, key plot points could happen very quickly. So, if you lose your focus on this book for just one minute, you could miss a whole bunch of incredibly important information. And it certainly doesn't help that there are so many characters that come in and out of this tale that it is hard to keep a track of them all in your head. Because of that, you may find yourself constantly referring back to the cast of characters at the front of the book, like I did towards the end. In short, this is a book I struggled with mightily for a month and I think i will have to revisit it sometime soon to get a better understanding of everything that happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual content