Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

53 reviews

unicornrhyfedd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent, Vomit, and Cannibalism

pangea_222's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.25

What I found most enjoyable about this book probably wasn't the plot as a whole, but rather the shorter stories that it is made up of. It was slow-moving but not boring, and the ending is clever. Would definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Gore

doctormon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad tense slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism and Animal death

Moderate: Gore and Animal death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sonlight21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book was very interesting. I enjoyed the beginning but the farther I got the darker and more gruesome it went. I can understand how this reflects the descent of the mind as a survivor stranded on the ocean will do anything just to live but it was very hard to read. The end is very disturbing and I skimmed over most of the second story Pi tells. 

It is truly an interesting book but please be aware of the content warnings and go in expecting some weird, challenging and dark things. 

Another note is I did not enjoy or appreciate how this book portrayed religion or Christianity. It seems to be written by someone who has studied religion form the outside but never been apart of it and does not understand it nor believe in God.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Dysphoria, Excrement, Medical trauma, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

theseasoul's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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

|| 5 ⭐️ ||

I’d heard of this book many times. People having read it in school and such. I didn’t know anything about the book prior to reading it, except that it probably involved a boat and a tiger. I saw it at a thrift store and figured I might as well give it a read, just to get it over with. I was expecting to rate it no more than 3 stars.

Nobody told me it was such a stellar book. What the heck.

The first part of the book intrigued me with its intellectual, philosophical and religious ponderings, even though as a Christian, most of the religious conclusions made by the main character saddened me. I enjoyed being immersed in the Indian culture here as well—it felt natural and wasn’t being shoved down my throat like many other books that explore different cultures. I appreciated Pi’s knowledge of and respect for animals, and felt like I learned a lot (even if some of it didn’t line up all the way with reality).

The shipwreck was the real start of not being able to put the book down. I had to know what happened next; whether Pi survived, how long he survived for, what he did to survive, how he overcame challenges… chapter after chapter. I didn’t find a single chapter tedious or boring. Even “tedious” is what you’d expect from a boy sitting in a lifeboat by himself in the middle of the ocean for 277 days. Pi and the tiger weren’t truly the only beings in the lifeboat… I was there too. It was such an immersive story.

This book is a masterpiece.

|| Content warnings to protect your heart ||

Parts of this book are very disturbing. Animal abuse/death/mutilation can get pretty graphic. Cannibalism too. Descriptions of and interactions with feces and bodily fluids (animal and human) are not held back.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Vomit and Gore

kayamckergow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cannibalism, Animal death, Blood, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

madinhoa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-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: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Animal death, Vomit, Violence, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Medical content, Gore, Grief, Excrement, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

lovelyannalee's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cannibalism, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Confinement, Death, and Death of parent

mjss's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

sternchenauge's review against another edition

2.0

I enjoyed parts of this book and some parts even made me chuckle. But overall it was way to gory and graphic for, making me feel nauseous multiple times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Excrement, Animal death, Death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Blood, and Gore