Reviews tagging 'Gore'

You by Caroline Kepnes

11 reviews

kiwichill's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Not for the faint hearted, this book is very twisted and dark and graphic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Stalking, Gore, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Suicide, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Excrement, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Violence, Gaslighting, Classism, and Confinement

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Alcohol, and Drug use

Very graphic tale from the POV of a stalker obsessed with a girl after a brief encounter. I watched the series so I knew how this obsession takes over and leads to violence. There is nothing redeeming about the character Joe. I wouldn't say I enjoyed the book, more like disturbed by its nature

_p0ssum_'s review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Addiction, and Stalking

pk4y22's review

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

molly_greenshields's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Eating disorder and Car accident

mary_alexander's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

kstericker's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Medical content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Vomit

chinaskye12's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Cursing, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, Mental illness, Blood, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Child abuse, Sexism, and Misogyny

lilamck's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Death

ging090803's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

3.75

I loved the TV show and since I knew it was a book first, I wanted to read it to compare.

I liked how it was written. Not a lot of sentence but a lot of and, I felt like I was in Joe’s head all the time. 

However, I found it pretty slow.

Not a lot happened. I mean, yeah, murder and shit but it was mostly sex, sex and sex. Joe has a big sex obsession. Then, bam, a dead person just to spice things up.

So, yeah, great book. The story is good, it is, however, pretty slow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Vomit

yas_mean_ie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Murder