Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Nightbane by Alex Aster

11 reviews

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Well well well. I guess I’m a big dumb stupid idiot. 

Ok, fine, WHATEVER I’m on team Grim now but I’m not happy about it. Just know that when he shows up in the next book and I’m kicking my lil feeties whenever he talks, I’m doing so reluctantly and against my better judgement. 

BUT even so, I still think Oro is a better person. I actually like him a lot and he deserves some happiness too. It’s just that I don’t think he’s the right guy for Isla cause she’s a moron (said with love cause she rocks but also makes a lot of stupid, rash decisions when the fate of her people is LITERALLY on her shoulders). 

The new characters were quite interesting, although since there were so many of them it was a little hard to connect with them. I will never ever trust those wee little Starlings. 

Anyways, JEEZ the second half of this book was a whole lotta plot twists. It was a fun, wild ride! I’m very curious as to what is happening in the next one. 

ALSO SIDE NOTE: I think that name Lynx for a pet leopard is dumb. Literally a whole different cat species. Feels disrespectful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cmagrini1404's review against another edition

Isla's character didn't appeal to me. The style of writing wasn't for me, also. Maybe because it's YA.
I found Isla to be a bit.... Insufferable. A character I can't imagine being born into the role she's in and growing up to be so mentally weak. I gave up when she was acting insecure towards Oro when he complimented her, talking down about herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

espurrr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I liked this book more than the first one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

myahthebookfiend's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

slaAAYYYYYYY. what a read. I loved it. can't give it enough praise. Miss Aster, you're personally going to have to pay for my therapy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

hrubelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I am team Oro until the day I die. The ending of this book destroyed me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

selestre's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

amethyst15's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Should not be labeled as a YA book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault

tacochelle's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

If there is one good thing about this book, it's that I felt compelled to take frequent breaks to read stuff that I knew I'd enjoy. Just because this book gives me a fucking headache. It's all the same problems I had with the first book but amplified. We bounce from scene to scene, always one big disaster after another with little to really connect it all together. Magic rulebreaking items like the starstick and the super duper healing potion are overused and abused. It makes the stakes so low despite the fucking war prepping and monster attacks. I don't care about the intricacies of aging between the different realms, Isla is barely an adult in a horny love triangle with two guys that are centuries older than her. It feels so gross. And what the fuck was that ending? That's not an ending to a book, that's a cliffhanger ending for chapters. I feel like I've wasted my time here.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, and Death of parent