Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw

14 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

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

almostqualified's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Gaslighting, and Gun violence

amandadevoursbooks's review

challenging dark 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

4.25

Ok so this book. Goodness gracious, I'm glad I read it. It has scenes it that make my teeth hurt and make me cry thinking about them. Check the trigger warnings carefully. I likely will read it again. 

In this book we follow a group of outlaws who separated 40 years ago after a job went wrong. They are getting back together to find their comrade who is missing in action.

 
There's AIs the size of ships with fascinating culture and uncertain intentions.  There's cloning. there's cyborgs. There's queer relationships. It's delicious and disgusting all at the same time. 


The only thing: the author used a ton of obscure words. I have a pretty good vocabulary, and I looked up over 70 words. At times, the big words were repeated, and it felt forced. It didn't distract from the story. If you lived for 200 years or were an AI, of course you'd pick the best weird for each occasion. 

I'll be reading more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Body horror, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Transphobia

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

storieswithbee's review

dark tense

2.0

Argh, I really try to enjoy sci-fi but I’ve never been a huge fan. I thought the book sounded interesting so I wanted to give it another go but the genre just doesn’t sit well with me. I think there is definitely readers that will enjoy the book. The story was intense. There is some trigger warning to be aware of

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence