Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Sign Here by Claudia Lux

13 reviews

sonias's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Hell is yucky and unlucky 😎

These two quotes describe the book perfectly:

Love is all-powerfull, untill you learn first-hand what happens when a vegetable peeler meets the far-back surface of your tongue. 

Who was the first person to seek comfort in another? 
Did it work? 
And if not who was brave enough to try again? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Suicide

caro_shelves's review

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I loved this book! The writing is impeccable, and Lux's gradual weaving of the story gradually draws you in. What appears to be a simple, tragic family drama is intricately connected to Peyote and Calamity's work in Hell. It's excellent. There were so many moments that had me gasping out loud. It's worth the read if you like a bit of mystery alongside your horror and humor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gore, Toxic friendship, Self harm, and Mental illness

Moderate: Trafficking, Torture, Alcohol, Violence, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

micaelamariem's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book would’ve been better as a thriller without any of the paranormal/hell/demon stuff. It sounded cool but those were the parts that bored me. Reading about the family on earth was interesting, but overall could’ve been done better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, Death, Sexism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Bullying, Child abuse, Abandonment, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Blood, Car accident, and Murder

thatswhatshanread's review

challenging mysterious 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

3.0

It took me SEVEN MONTHS to finish this novel. There are many reasons why:

1. From BOTM’s description and the book’s general marketing, I fully expected this to be a horror/thriller. It was not. It was more just a family drama with a supernatural sort-of twist with half of the book’s POV set in literal Hell.
2. Every time I picked this book up to read it over the last several months, I was bored. The first half of the book seems like it’s going NOWHERE and nothing stuck. The storyline that follows Peyote in Hell seems completely irrelevant to the storyline in present day that follows The Harrison family.
3. But then, it finally picks up. Once I finally pushed myself to get more into it (after almost DNFing many times), something shifted. The stakes changed. Suddenly the Harrison family story is dysfunctional and mysterious and gripping. The Peyote storyline shows potential of intersecting with the other, some interesting twists come about.
4. Still, it’s confusing. I still have no idea how they will connect, just that now Peyote is actually referencing the Harrison family members and their dilemmas. 
5. Peyote and Cal’s plot becomes even more confusing and drawn out. But I’m very intrigued with the POVs from the Harrisons’ side. 
6. I finish the last 250 pages within a couple days. The pacing finally hit a sweet spot for me. The imminent ending seemed promising; everything would finally make sense.
7. Except… it wasn’t? And it didn’t? 

This really felt like two different books in one. In the end, I was still confused, and disappointed in all of that buildup to… what, exactly? I would have rather read about only The Harrisons. But I guess it was entertaining, nonetheless. Something different. Just maybe not the different I wanted it to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Confinement, Body shaming, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Cancer, Child death, Pedophilia, Sexism, and Stalking

ktdakotareads's review

dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Medical trauma, Drug use, Violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Grief, Self harm, and Death

maggieparedesauthor's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Murder, Pregnancy, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Drug use

tiffanne11's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, Murder, Infidelity, Alcohol, Torture, Drug use, and Death

Minor: Self harm, Child death, Death, Drug use, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Cancer, Child abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, Suicide, Vomit, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

framedflower's review

dark funny mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, and Grief

amplawrence's review

dark emotional funny sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Child death, Eating disorder, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content

blissofalife's review

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

If you like putting together the puzzle pieces, this is the book for you! I thought the ending was a bit rushing and lacking the narration of the rest of the book, but a satisfying end nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Cancer, Classism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexism, and Sexual assault