Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

54 reviews

carolined314's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A hard, lovely book with lots of science interwoven, and very little love. The main character's trauma coping is centerstage in a way we rarely get to see so intimately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

booksandteatime's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Abortion

parkerluck's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

Conceptually this is right up my alley, so I really wanted to love it. Unfortunately I found the first person POV hard to get behind, and felt like a lot of the difficult themes that were introduced didn't get the time/depth they deserved. 

The back end of the book sagged quite a bit for me especially. There wasn't enough character development to temper how roundabout the plot ended up being. The ending was too clumsily executed for me to feel... particularly moved/gutted by the cycle of abuse that ended up being perpetuated by the protag.

Maybe I'd feel differently on a re-read but overall I just... wanted more from it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion

robinsong's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexism

Minor: Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, and Death of parent

cammiem8's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

A woman and her clone girlboss their way through hundreds of egregious ethics violations! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Gore, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion and Abandonment

There is a scene where a pregnant character is experiencing heavy bleeding and worries that she might miscarry, but she and the baby are fine. Also general existential horror of dehumanization.

msjenne's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Death, Child abuse, Gore, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Suicide

micklesreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I couldn't put this down. It's a tense thriller and a portrait of the ways we are shaped by trauma. There is one major plot hole that seems glossed over, but I didn't really care that it wasn't realistic. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Body horror

simonamiller's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.25

This was so gripping! I can’t tell if I actually liked any of the characters by the end but I absolutely could not put this book down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse

annir's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Gore

Minor: Suicide, Miscarriage, Medical content, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Confinement

reading_between_the_trees's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is a perfect read for spooky season. It is unnerving in the same way as a black mirror episode, but if you were way more invested in the characters and their decisions. It's a blend of sci-fi and thriller, without diving too deep into either genre. Instead, it stays rooted in a really interesting discussion of the malleability of self and who you are in the context of a relationship. The writing style felt very similar to Gailey's other book, Magic for Liars, so I would say if you liked that one, you will probably like this one as well. However, this one felt better paced to me and is definitely more thriller than mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Suicidal thoughts