Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

53 reviews

rory_john14's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Vomit, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

confused_art_person's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Gore

darnov99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cannibalism, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Death

ophelia_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

while at times melancholic and slow, Life of Pi can also be exhilarating and action packed. filled with beautiful lines and a protean pace, this book is one that will definitely stay with you for a while. 

there are some gruesome aspects and some moments the slowness can drag on for a frustratingly long time, but overall very much worth the read. it is a book you won’t soon forget, that’s for sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Gore and Body horror

grayscale08's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Death, and Gore

There is also some hopelessness throughout this book that may be upsetting.

rld1727's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Excrement, and Gore

Minor: Vomit

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Excrement, Cannibalism, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Grief and Confinement

vanesst's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Confinement

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

tetromino's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective 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? No

5.0

Perhaps my perspective would change, having read this book years ago but the 'boring' part in the beginning talking about the zoo is maybe my favorite part of the book. Something about it really stuck when I was like 14 or so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, and Gore

Moderate: Violence and Cannibalism

gemmanation's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I thought Life of Pi was not all it was said to be. It was slow to start, and and continues slowly, and seemingly endlessly for most of the book. While the whole book had an undercurrent of surrealism, by far the most surreal part was <spoilers> the man-eating island near the end.  </spoilers> That was very odd, like the entire book, and I didn’t feel it added to the story. Life of Pi was not all bad however, there was humor scattered throughout it, which did make it far more enjoyable. One final note, watch out for the gory parts that can be found periodically throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore