Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo

17 reviews

readingpicnic's review against another edition

3.75

Failing sapphic marriages in books make me sooo sad (similar to Our Wives Under the Sea). This story posed very interesting questions about ethics, conservation, and intimacy. The main character was genuinely so morally gray, and I did NOT support most of her behaviors, but my discomfort and disgust with her actions and thoughts also intrigued me. You can see her growth throughout the story as she learns the cost of her selfishness with her work project and her ambivalence towards and unappreciation of her wife. Their relationship was so complicated but felt very real. It gave me hope that after everything, they were still working on it, even though they had both made mistakes and had miscommunications. The wolf scenes were so visceral and strange, but also cool. I could definitely see this type of scenario posed by the book taking place in real life where a big corporation funds something like this in order to monetize it to the masses as a VR experience. What a trip.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Sexism

Minor: Racism

mar's review

sad fast-paced

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

1.5

idk i think this should've gotten more fucked up sorry. i mean i got the themes it was going for - kinship with animals, ethics in science/research, loneliness, repression - but it just fell competely flat for me :/ 

also, very confused as to why this book is labelled as horror - it's unsettling in the way a nonfiction book about climate change is unsettling, but i really wouldn't call it horror. unless you're creeped out by a failing marriage ig

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Medical content

Minor: Sexism and Racism

charlotteer's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The writing style felt almost lyrical to begin with but towards the middle/end it became more repetitive, with the same words or a similar description used noticeably more than once or twice. 

The plot was interesting and was explored well in its 105 pages but I felt as if it fell short of a few expectations and was a little lack-lustre because of this. 

Overall, a little too monotonous for me but I did enjoy reading it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Medical content

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Animal death, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Sexism, Racism, and Alcohol

catalyst226's review

dark reflective 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

3.0

A darker story than what I've been reading lately about a scientist conducting a study on a pack of wolves. She uses a neural link to observe one in the pack. Cool science fiction with an interesting dose of interpersonal relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Infidelity

kit1475's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

chelly_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Animal death, Infidelity, and Sexual content

panickedhonking's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book will not feel good to read. The afterword describes the book as coming from the "fertile, toxic soil" of the doomspiral of COVID. It's not a bad book, and if the subject intrigued you go for it, but... Woof

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Gore, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Medical content

Moderate: Infertility and Sexual content

Minor: Sexism and Gore

alienor's review against another edition

dark emotional

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Infidelity, and Gore

Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Vomit

mahitdzmare's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

sean was not deranged enough 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Animal death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, Gore, and Vomit