Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Savage Lands by Stacey Marie Brown

9 reviews

marinou00's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence

madravingintrovert's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

 

I broke my rules with this series. I normally won't start a new book without reviewing the previous one first. I also try to review each book individually regardless of it being in a series. This series was just that good all the way through. 

Page turner to the max that had me screaming and rage quitting the book only to pick it up 5 minutes later and keep going. There are a few more triggers than I could list but really just know that this takes place in a post-world war setting and is dark in multiple ways. 

Two other triggers worth noting are drug and alcohol use. 

100% I would recommend this to others as long as they are okay with the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Torture, Cannibalism, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual violence, Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, War, Rape, Sexism, and Slavery

fogla's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Torture, Gore, and Violence

theespressoedition's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

It's quite possible that this is the worst book I've read all year. I still feel gross days after putting it down. I should have DNF'd, but I kept holding out hope that it would get better. It didn't. If I could give it negative stars, I would.

There is no defined plot or world-building of any kind. It's incredibly confusing and dumps you into the story expecting you to understand everything already. There are occasional mentions of a war and the history of the fae, but nothing definitive enough to help make sense of why things are the way they are.

The story opens with already obnoxious, immature teen angst romance vibes... but it’s an adult novel. Talk about something to make you cringe. I was actually pretty excited about the idea of a friends-to-lovers romance, but yeah, those hopes got dashed almost immediately when it was clear these two would never work anything out because they're both too stupid to actually talk to one another or fight for each other - instead having sex with other people and hiding their emotions.

This book is absolutely disgusting. Like, it made me feel nauseous with the descriptions of gore, sexual violence, and bodily functions happening due to torture throughout. With 60% of it happening within a really awful prison and the other 40% in a whorehouse, things are bound to get ugly... but this was on another level. I genuinely turned green around the gills a few times because of the graphic nature of the book.

Looking for spice? You won't find it here. Not really, anyways. Every sex scene is happening while the two people aren’t even together. They hate each other and can feel one another having sex with other people but they get off on it themselves????? Or something??? It didn’t even make sense. I got so tired of them feeling one another undressing and touching them while they were in two different places. Too weird.

The dialogue (and internal dialogue) was absolute trash. The protagonist was the most “I’m not like other girls” character ever. She constantly talked about how beautiful and strong she was. How self-absorbed can you be, really? Add in the “f-- you,” “you wish” dialogue and it began to read like sloppy fanfic. Just truly terrible.

I plead with you not to read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Vomit and Torture

courtofcatsandcoffee's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

• genre: fantasy romance/historical fiction
• trope: E2L
• light spice 🌶 
• for anyone who enjoyed “Under the Mountain” in ACOTAR 
• cliffhanger that made me immediately purchase the next book, Wild Lands 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Gore

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Sexism, Blood, Gore, Torture, and Misogyny

Moderate: Vomit

megatron1560's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I had high hopes for this book and this author. The premise of the book seemed so cool and full of potential but I was sorely disappointed. Sooooo much effort goes into explaining exactly how hot Brexley (I hate this name) is that the plot pretty much disappears. And the other main character! We get. They’re both hot. And when scenes come into play that are supposed to be sooooo dangerous that no one possibly could survive Brexley does because she’s such a badass that she just thinks to herself to stop vomiting from the pain. Constantly. I knew this was a series when I picked up the first book but if you were hoping to find yourself getting questions answered you’re going to have to pick up the next books. I refuse. Rated 2.25 stars because I finished it, there are some lovable side characters, and I think she had a good idea but couldn’t flesh any of it out in book 1.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death

deesquared's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Torture

unknown_fae's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Rape