Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Good Girls Die First by Kathryn Foxfield

8 reviews

lazstearns's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

The story started out strong but quickly fizzled as it became to entwined with the supernatural. I wanted there to be a real culprit, not ancient evil. It felt too much like a cop out and left many of the characters feeling flat. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Violence, Drug use, Gore, Addiction, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Car accident, Rape, and Suicide

ashmak06's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Alcohol, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, Gore, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

lilyyyy_b's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Body horror, Car accident, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Confinement, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Medical content, Gore, Grief, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

10 main characters- 9 die

emillyrw's review

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Gore, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Vomit, Suicide, Death, Toxic friendship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

jade_x's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction

nina_pile's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

lybrarie's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I picked this book up thinking it was a mystery novel. It is not, it is very much a horror. Yes, there were elements of mystery but it was certainly a supernatural horror, which I had not been expecting at all. It was absolutely terrifying however I did still enjoy it since I felt it was well-written, the characters were loveable and it had a strong concept and execution. 

Edit: I definitely enjoyed this a lot more upon reread, probably because I knew what I was getting myself in for this time around. I still definitely felt scared reading this book, but not nearly as much as I did the first time around, so the writing was definitely good enough to create a creepy atmosphere since I knew exactly what happened on this read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident and Vomit

rea's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicide, and Violence