Reviews tagging 'Death'

The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw

11 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Blood, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Body horror, Suicide, Death, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Deadnaming and Vomit

chrispy_mac's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

There was potential here but the book as it is, is a mess. I liked the themes, I think the world could have been interesting with some more development... but the characters were shallow and the plot mostly boring. Khaw's visceral prose couldn't punch its way out of a flimsy plot. But, it shows promise and I'll be interested to see what they write in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death, and Toxic relationship

hexillith's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Death, Gun violence, and Medical content

Minor: Slavery and Deadnaming

freneticscribbler's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-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

F**king hell, Khaw. F**king hell. A whole world so other from and yet so close to our own future, which we see only fragments of. Brutally fast paced, we see this other-same world twisted through such wonderfully diverse lenses, each utterly tortured in their own way. Incisive on love, identity, faith, and so much more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Gore

Moderate: Torture and Death

rmperezpadilla's review

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gore, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Deadnaming, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery

erikwmj's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

booitsnathalie's review

adventurous dark 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

4.5

A defiant scream into the universe; a refusal to become only pain, bodies without self; poetry born of love and death and comic spite. Hope is so hard to find in this bloodied, fragile existence, but it's there, beating at the bruises and concrete that could never bury us. Whispers turning to cries in defiance of anyone arrogant enough to think they get to choose when we die.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Deadnaming

wordylocks's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

yavin_iv's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Minor: Slavery and Deadnaming