Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

370 reviews

crow_bee's review against another edition

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

4.5

Is the prose flowery and dense at times? Yes. The writing, however, is still well done. The Salt Grows Heavy consumed me during the 2.4 hours it took for me to read it. It’s short-it’s sweet (besides the gore and body horror lol) and I genuinely enjoyed the atmosphere and tone. This book was weakest in its final act but still left me satisfied overall.

I am going to recommend this to people if they are looking for a Halloween read- as it’s spooky and bloody but (personally) didn’t gross or freak me out like some other horror novels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Cannibalism

paigehf's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

regina_184's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

2.75

Although very short, this book has a lot of interesting plot points and I liked how it included lots of mythology from different regions.

I wish this book was longer because I think the characters are very interesting. Overally this book is a little creepy and gory so it's perfect for Halloween season! However the language is a little flowery so it can be hard to understand the imagery at some points. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

elle_griffin's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

raybudbury's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

Not my ass being like “the gore was fun but the story was eh”. Makes me sound crazy but whatever, we love gore in this house. Story was hard to follow a bit + wasn’t grabbing me as much as I wanted it to. Actually probably would be better if it were longer 🫶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

cfell's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

justacowboy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

 A fast read, but a nice one none the less! It was SUPER flowery and I felt like I didn't know what was going on 90% of the time, only to realize ... Yeah. I know whats happening. Its horror, love, and gore wrapped into a nice 100 pages. What's not to love? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

lori85's review

dark

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

I love this book so freaking much I bought it in both the British and US hardcover editions because they have different artwork. I have never felt the need to own more than one copy of the same book in my entire life. I prefer library and ebooks! But I am seriously not kidding when I say it has been YEARS since I have read something that has sent my imagination spiraling off in so many directions. I've dreamed up sequels and backstories for everyone and pondered so many questions of identity, gender and sexuality, the nature of gods and monsters, and so much more. I've been begging, begging, begging my book club to choose The Salt Grows Heavy but instead we keep getting crap like Delilah Green Doesn't Care.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

lovesagespages's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Gore

matcha_cat's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Grief and Pregnancy