Reviews tagging 'Death'

Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy

4 reviews

charlottevarela's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, Cursing, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Death, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Animal death and Incest

wayfaring_witch's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

The vivid prose is dark and heavy, and made for a difficult and emotional read.  McCarthy's writing style worked really well for this book. 

This is a five star book for me but I would not recommend it for everyone because of the content advisories as well as McCarthy's writing style.  If you are interested in checking him out, I would start with The Road.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Incest, Stalking, Grief, Gore, and Blood

mhartford's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Incest, Mental illness, Abandonment, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

loganmoluccan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Gore, Cannibalism, Child death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Animal death