Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield

51 reviews

kaanda's review against another edition

slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

Super engaging throughout. Romantic in the weirdest ways while stringing along a story that was so fun to put together as the book went on. Sad, but rewarding with a ton of beautiful lines.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Homophobia, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment

rowanelisa's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

beth_farrelly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Gore, Suicide, Violence, and Gaslighting

rebeccadiv's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Homophobia, and Death of parent

maggiekateb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

Like Samantha Hunt's The Seas but gay and sadder. I couldn't put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

hedsek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Truly an amazing read. Extremely gripping and the descriptions of how things used to be are so realistic and slice of life that it becomes heartbreaking. The horror elements go really well with the emotional stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Eye stuff

hanmccull's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What utterly beautiful, devastating writing. I savoured every sentence. An incredible book which leaves you with lots of questions!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore

senwithers's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

5.0

…I’m still not sure how I feel about it.

The first 65 pages had me enthralled—heartbroken and anxious. Then it got *weird*. But there was a kind of beauty in its lack of detail. Because it didn’t feel like the horrors that befell Leah were all that important anyway. It was Miri’s grief amidst her unwavering love that hooked me.

I spent 4 years caring for a loved one with dementia, who was less and less like herself as time went on. Yet we loved her fiercely anyway and did whatever we could to keep the new version of her comfortable while grieving the person she used to be.

And that’s what Miri did. Despite her fear and grief and confusion and horror, she took care of her wife.
While I don’t feel wrecked by this book, I’m left feeling a little hollow. Wanting something more, knowing it’s in there, but unable to find it.

But that seems to fit the theme.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore and Panic attacks/disorders

hollacalla's review against another edition

Too much body horror, not enough character or plot development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Gore and Toxic relationship

litrallymadlad's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

1.75

I genuinely love a mystery that goes unsolved but I was given so much investment in the discovery of what happened that I cared more about the meaning of the wife’s condition than the characters themselves. I was infuriated by the inaction of the wife and was given no concrete reason for why she was inactive. It the discovery was discovered (lol) I’ll admit to more empathy for her but GIRL. IF YOU’RE GONNA BE SHOTGUNNING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SALT WATER I JUST NEED A BIT MORE SUBSTANCE TO YOUR EXPLANATION 👏👏👏👏👏👏 Perhaps this means I missed the entire point, and that it solidifies the need for agency of the patient in medical emergencies, BUT I WAS GIVEN NO REASON TO TRUST THE WIFE’S LOGIC. WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE’S TURNING INTO A BLOB OF SALT WATER, LOOKIN LIKE A BLOATED FROG ??? AND IM JUST SUPPOSED TO ACCEPT IT ??? IM SORRY TO SAY BUT I DONT THINK YOUR SALT WATER SOLUTION (no pun intended) IS HELPING THIS SITUATION. 

And has time as gone on, whenever I think about this book I just feel frustrated. The way I would have CAMPED. OUT. CALLED EVERY MEDIA COMPANY IN TOWN. And raised HELL at the company the wife worked for. I just felt helpless in the face of the characters inaction I ALSO HATE PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS?? AND I FEEL LIKE THATS ALL THAT WAS DONE ON THE WIFE’S BEHALF. WHERE ARE THE MEGAPHONES OUT FRONT OF THE BUILDING?? START THROWIN ROCKS AT THE WINDOWS OR SOMETHING I DONT CARE !!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Medical content