Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Ghost Virus by Graham Masterton

6 reviews

elisereadsmore's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

eveeheather's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

1.0

Interesting concept but felt like misleading blurb - not psychological horror, instead gore horror which is not obvious until you reach the first description of it. Noticed a few continuity errors but was fast paced as most action scenes were variations on graphic attacks and gore descriptions. Characters were not very likeable, female main character felt especially 2D despite having a lot of interesting potential. A lot of mentions of racial slurs and xenophobia. Definitely someones cup of tea if you like more gory horror as is a very unique and shocking concept with creative horror scenes but just definitely not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Islamophobia, and Medical content

justjordy_plz's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book has me clutching at my legs in pain at parts (iykyk) and just gagging at others. The end was utter chaos and bloodshed, but I mainly enjoyed the horribly graphic deaths that happened in the beginning with the individuals. And that final chapter had me laughing out loud cause no shit that was going to happen lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry

aparker89's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Kicking off with a horrific suicide, followed by what may be described as mass schizophrenic breaks and this story sucks you in! While the main premise is fascinating and holds you tight (hopefully not too tight), it drifts into a world of high fantasy. While it may work for others this drift was a little too ridiculous for me. It ends back where it started BUT for about 100 pages you are left wondering how we got so far off track. I wish it hadn't turned so harshly as the story could have easily carried on with the original premise and still had the same basic occurrences. Overall not terrible but not his best work either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and War

jemmabrown's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

kazik's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racism, Xenophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity