Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

21 reviews

mereas's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Grief, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation

ellaroshea's review against another edition

5.0

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unbelievably stunning. a humanising and spiritual look into plurality, decolonising and depathologising it. I absolutely love how spirituality, embodiment and gender is treated. everything I needed and more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Religious bigotry

nojerama's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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I genuinely don't know how to put this book into words. It's lyricism and gorgeous prose grabbed me from the first line, Ada is brilliantly constructed and characterised, and each of her inner beings were in their own ways terrifying and enchanting. So much of Ada's suffering was familiar to me, it was painful to read sometimes. A truly special story, completely blew me out of the water. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

feliscatusnum_1's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

morgasm's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

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Deeply triggering but deeply impactful. The author overlaps spirituality and “individual” identity in a dark, poetic, perfect way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm

Moderate: Rape, Dysphoria

discocaptain's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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(sent here by liam konneman's book on transmasculinity!)

just. the most brutally freeing exploration of mental illness and spirituality. emezi understands what its like to be toeing the lines of everything, from gender to sanity to cultural boundaries to religion. its a story about being an ọgbanje from its core to its toes. its horrible. like its actually horrible to read it is uncomfortable and voyeuristic and it all happens from the perspective of spirits that are inside ada's mind so just knowing that we aren't even seeing the whole picture makes my stomach drop. but that means we don't see all of the joy. the love, not just the heartbreaks. ada claws for every second on earth and heir nails are bleeding.

this book also has my faaavorite chapter on transness ever. the top surgery that ada decided as an ultimatum. ugh. beautiful. its just really beautiful in the way any well written horror piece is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore

cleansky7's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail

sunbutterlover's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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wow wow wow. just wow. never thought I would find a book that I like as much as my favorite book but this is now up there. highly recommend for everybody to check this one out 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

natgoe's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

takeachance's review against another edition

4.75

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An incredible book about identity and how it intersects with spirituality, trauma, and living. Akwaeke Emezi's writing is really vivid, and most of the explicit scenes, while yes they are explicit, they don't feel voyeuristic. I think this book very good, though please exercise caution as the book is very dark, though it does end on a hopeful note. A lot of heavy subject matter in present in this book, and I feel like most of it is done very well and with a caring hand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia