Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

In The Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland

15 reviews

bookish_hollyx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Sexual violence and Vomit

nicjmorrow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Honestly loved this. Cool magic system, political drama, world War, lots of queer diversity that's beautifully written and powerful women. There is a lot of character death. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Blood

Minor: Sexual violence, Vomit, War, and Sexual assault

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Murder, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Grief, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Misogyny

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual assault, Vomit, War, Suicide, and Infidelity

anniereads221's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Murder, Grief, Violence, Misogyny, Gore, and Death of parent

electrumempousa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.0

Really mixed feelings about this. The first half was slow and the second half was an absolute gallop. So much crammed in. I’m still wrapping my head around it. This could very easily have been a duology or a trilogy but I’m pleased it was kept to just the one book. Interesting concepts, quite liked the characters and their approach to love and the queer rep

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Suicide, Transphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual violence

drupelets's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

I enjoyed this read but honestly I would call this more of a NA book than YA book just given the demographic of the characters and also how graphic the scenes can get. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide, Vomit, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Grief, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, War, Confinement, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, and Physical abuse

Minor: Antisemitism

in chapter 31 a character says they "didn't know they were walking into a canal" (or something along those lines) & I think that Jewish readers may want a heads up because it was a pretty unexpected antisemitic phrasing?

jjjreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Slavery, Stalking, Body horror, Cannibalism, Classism, Confinement, Suicide, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child abuse, Acephobia/Arophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Cursing, Sexual content, Vomit, Transphobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

mprincessjerica23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, and War

maxgdy's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Vomit, Body horror, Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

merenguita's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.75

It's a really good book but you have to take into acount it's limitations, because it's a stand-alone fantasy it doesn't have the time to fully develop all of the plot points, this also reflects in the love triangle, one of the sides being a lot more intreting in my opinion. 
Even though the world building has it's flaws it is generaly very enticing and it paints a really good picture of what's possible in this world. 
The set up of the conflict is a bit too fast for my taste when it comes to the conflict it self and it's resolution i think it gets a lot better with the pacing. 
In general there is some really good representation and that's very gratly appreciated

The ending was a little bit disappointing because of way too many fake-death scenes, it lost a little bit of it's impact

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Cursing, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicide, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual content