Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

128 reviews

nicosta_music's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I feel like Wilder Girls is being done a disservice by being marketed as Lord of the Flies but with girls. Both books involve one gender of schoolchildren being stuck on an island, but the similarities stop there. And speaking as someone who hated Lord of the Flies: thank god that they do. 

Wilder Girls was a truly exciting read -- the plot kept me hooked the entire way through, and the characters were interesting and engaging. I thought the world-building was interesting and the different twists were essential in continuously raising stakes throughout the book. I think my only complaint is that

the ending does feel a bit underwhelming. It sort of leaves the book open to a sequel, but not enough so that I felt it was a good ending. It reads more like the author just didn't know how to end the book so it was left ambiguous.

But besides that, I still thoroughly enjoyed Wilder Girls, and it definitely defied my expectations in a good way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Terminal illness, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Gun violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, and Confinement

Minor: Torture and Vomit

toasst's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

I really enjoyed the concept presented . I just wish we had more in the ending or at least an epilogue . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

fiifarts's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Animal death, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gore, Suicide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Forced institutionalization, Death, Self harm, Abandonment, Violence, and Chronic illness

whosgina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Child death, Gore, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Gun violence

alicroz34's review

dark medium-paced

4.0

This book had a bit of a rough start, but then I got very invested & read most of it in one sitting. 

I am SO MAD that there aren't more answers at the end. What did those papers say? Where are they going? Like dear god I can't find anything online suggesting a sequel but it's very much written to need one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical trauma, Blood, Animal death, and Suicide

Moderate: Vomit

thegabecole's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Gore, Vomit, Suicide, and Body horror

bookishkia's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Self harm, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Murder

lizzisok's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Vomit, Medical trauma, Gore, Death, Violence, Cursing, and Suicide

2busyreading's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Vomit, Body horror, Blood, Suicide, and Gore

Minor: Animal death

currentlycuttlefish's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing, perfect, so cool, Maine mentioned, horrifying, interesting, so wow, the bomb, fantastic, ingenious.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Blood, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Animal death, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit