Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

14 reviews

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

It's brilliant to parallel the discussion of an organic species gaining consciousness with the argument of what constitutes as A.I. having consciousness. It opens the can of worms that we don't really know how to define that, or if we can even make that call since our own is so reliant on our limited perception of the world through our five senses. The ending wrapped up really quickly and a little too cleanly for how violent this book was, and Ha's entire life direction being based on a boy who didn't care about her when she was young was certainly a choice. If you wanted to rope in loneliness and indifference of the world, why not just lean in harder to her being an orphan? Overall a really fascinating read that tickled my brain in the same way that any discussion of new sentience does, like other robot stories or Frankenstein.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

swimmingwolf59's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is a really cool mix of environmentalism, the problem of communicating with both different species and ourselves, and the exploration of consciousness. I really really enjoyed it, and it definitely brought up a lot of things that I'll continue to think about for a while. I loved that the characters were all people of color, and that all of them had flaws that were explored in the book. I also liked the theme of conquering "indifference" for other people, other species, etc as our best, and maybe only, way forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexual content

snazzy10101's review against another edition

5.0

i have only praise for this book. 

it is perfect. 
no notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Deportation

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Classism

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

2.5

I only read this book the entire way through because it was assigned for my book club. I would have DNF’d about 30 pages in if I could have. I think this book did have some good qualities, such as the observations made about humans and our relationship to living creatures on Earth other than ourselves. I also think it asked interesting questions about consciousness, and whether or not in the future, we should consider androids as conscious. But overall, this book was way over my head and I understood almost none of it. The ending was hopeful but it didn’t give me any satisfaction. I would not recommend unless you love science and can understand VERY complex plots. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

spiralbound89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty

miniingrid's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

sersi's review

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Slavery

johnnyboy836's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

avilareads's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Slavery, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Self harm

barbsantos's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

This book promises developed octopuses and deliveres a philosophical discussion on conscience. I wanted to see.l more octopuses and a stronger conclusion of the discovery plot. There is ALOT of boring philosophical dialogue, which I probably wouldn't mind so much if I was not here for the discovery of developed octopuses. Some story lines seem unnecessary, like Eikos'. While his story line builds the world, it could be completely cut out and the book would still be the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Slavery