Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan

9 reviews

jlcisme's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

katiechu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book would not be for everyone but somehow was exactly what I needed to read right now. I have been describing it as part werewolf erotica and part spy thriller but you could also add

tragic romance

to the mix. Despite the graphic content, I think it’s beautifully written which I also appreciated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infertility, Vomit, Pregnancy, Rape, and Torture

alohanea's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

arkwen452's review

Its well written and has a poetic, visural narrative. With that said, it ia also a dark book. I had to read it in small doses. I will have to come back to it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Torture, Cannibalism, Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

marleyshaddox's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought the world building was great, the new take on an old monster trope, and the characters were pretty interesting. This is told in first person from the view of the werewolf so you feel the moral ambiguity of wanting to root for this (sometimes awful) person and them brutally murdering people once a month (and then feeling bad about it). It's pretty graphic throughout. But the writing is honestly not good. Maybe it's supposed to be a reflection of the MCs inner dialogue, but eh. It wasn't bad enough to make me quit reading but was cringy at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, and Sexual content

gilnean's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia

bookbuzzard's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

1.5

I really should have stopped reading at the 'I'm not a misogynist, but..."  near the beginning of the book. 
All you need to know to determine if this book isn't for you is that at one point, the main character compares his partner's (NSFW)

wolf vagina to 'a fevered baby's mouth'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Sexism, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Grief, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

Moderate: Confinement, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Torture, Infertility, Kidnapping, Stalking, Animal death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Ableism, Child death, Vomit, Body horror, Genocide, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement, Abandonment, Rape, Sexual violence, Cancer, Car accident, Incest, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

twoclaws's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Cannibalism, Sexual content, and Body horror

perstephone's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence