Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

13 reviews

swimmingwolf59's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is a really cool mix of environmentalism, the problem of communicating with both different species and ourselves, and the exploration of consciousness. I really really enjoyed it, and it definitely brought up a lot of things that I'll continue to think about for a while. I loved that the characters were all people of color, and that all of them had flaws that were explored in the book. I also liked the theme of conquering "indifference" for other people, other species, etc as our best, and maybe only, way forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, and Slavery

Moderate: Gore and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Mental illness, and Sexual content

snazzy10101's review against another edition

5.0

i have only praise for this book. 

it is perfect. 
no notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Murder, Animal death, Blood, War, Trafficking, Gore, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, and Deportation

Moderate: Kidnapping, Self harm, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Classism

sierrabowers's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative 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

2.5

I only read this book the entire way through because it was assigned for my book club. I would have DNF’d about 30 pages in if I could have. I think this book did have some good qualities, such as the observations made about humans and our relationship to living creatures on Earth other than ourselves. I also think it asked interesting questions about consciousness, and whether or not in the future, we should consider androids as conscious. But overall, this book was way over my head and I understood almost none of it. The ending was hopeful but it didn’t give me any satisfaction. I would not recommend unless you love science and can understand VERY complex plots. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Deportation, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Classism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Self harm, Trafficking, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

spiralbound89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Trafficking, Confinement, Murder, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty

miniingrid's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Animal death, Violence, Confinement, and Trafficking

Minor: War

sersi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Gore

johnnyboy836's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Death, Deportation, Blood, Gore, Colonisation, Violence, Suicide, Slavery, Murder, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

avilareads's review

mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Slavery, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Self harm

barbsantos's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

This book promises developed octopuses and deliveres a philosophical discussion on conscience. I wanted to see.l more octopuses and a stronger conclusion of the discovery plot. There is ALOT of boring philosophical dialogue, which I probably wouldn't mind so much if I was not here for the discovery of developed octopuses. Some story lines seem unnecessary, like Eikos'. While his story line builds the world, it could be completely cut out and the book would still be the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gun violence, Death, and Gore

jaredt's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

'The world still contains miracles, despite everything that has been done to it.'

I eyed this book for months before buying it. The black and blue hardcover enticed me. Finally, I decided to flip to a few random pages, figured if I liked them enough on their own I would get it. Every page I happened on was quite reflective and introspective, which I dig, so I knew it would be a fun read for me. 

And it was! Went in a few directions I wasn't expecting, but still enjoyed. Though I did lose some steam in the other stories outside of Ha's. I figured there would be enough overlap or connection between the stories to give a good enough payoff, and I would say it exceeded for me. 

What hooked me the most was the philosophical approach to understanding another species so different from humans, in body and nerves and mind. And it took me to really see at the end that these are cyberpunk settings, and so the story followed that setting. I knew that as soon as the technologies were introduced at the start, but its also in the way it closes up the narrative. 

I would say this is not a book for folks wanting a focus on only the octopus sentience, and not interested in the cyberpunk setting and themes that come with it. Also while there is some action, it's not a book for readers looking for quick chase scenes or drawn out fights.

This *IS* a book for fans of that subgenre, as well as wanting something dealing with scifi that is quite reflective, discussing both linguistic development and the nature of humanity and connection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gore, and Death

Minor: Animal death