Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

15 reviews

eliaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective sad fast-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: Murder, Xenophobia, Infertility, Gun violence, Death, Genocide, Gore, Medical content, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual content and Cannibalism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Infidelity, Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal death

sophiaforever's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.5

It's definitely a product of it's time (post-9/11, early Iraq war). The book makes no attempt to examine why war happens or wrestle with the justifications of it. The protagonist gets his marching orders from command, the enemies are bloodthirsty unreasonable religious zealous, and so there's no question for him: this is a just war where he gets to go in and shoot guns. If that's the book you want to read, here you go, but don't be like me expecting any sort of critical thought about the justification behind war.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Islamophobia

Minor: Gore

The book was written in 2005, it's overall pro-war, and one of the alien species they fight are a bunch of blood-thirsty unreasonable religious zealots who do a lot of suicide attacks. Take one guess who that's supposed to be an allegory for (it's anti-Muslim propaganda).

walidad's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Gore, War, and Death

thegobetween's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Gore

ahab_jr's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, and Body horror

Minor: Gore

piikasmalls's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Genocide, Gore, and Murder

kihvod's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Xenophobia, Racism, and Homophobia

babudarabu's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gun violence, and War

Moderate: Racism, Genocide, Sexual content, Gore, and Medical content

Minor: Homophobia, Blood, Colonisation, and Racial slurs

josiah17's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

I had to read this for my college fiction class. I quite enjoyed this book. I found the humor to be hilarious and the protagonist is fun. It's just a simple sci-fi story with some solid twists and interesting exploration of humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Sexual content and Gore

ishouldreadthat's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

I have been hearing great things about Old Man's War for years and am so glad I took the plunge. It's darkly funny with emotional depth and is an absolutely amazing concept. I don't always get on with military sci-fi, but I am definitely going to continue with this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, War, and Gun violence