Reviews tagging 'Gore'

A Little Life: Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015 by Hanya Yanagihara

498 reviews

njthk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Technically a very well written book, carefully crafted characters, a study of a life.
The actual plot makes it so hard for me to rate this book.
It made me deeply emotional, but that doesn't make it "good". Stringing together tragedy after tragedy would make anyone feel something.

But maybe it's okay to portray a Person who doesn't get better. Ever. What gutted me the most was that all these years of kindness and love: Willem, Harold, Julia, Andy, Richard, JB, Malcolm, colleagues couldn't outweigh the horrible years that were his childhood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Drug use, Blood, Grief, Suicide, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Car accident, Trafficking, Death, Dysphoria, Rape, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Sexual content, and Gore

vmiranda's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Child abuse, Sexual content, Death, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

maximbouch's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Self harm, Gore, Rape, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

 OMG. I wished so much for this book to go on and on forever, because I think it’s pretty obvious how it will eventually end, and I desperately wanted it to keep going - for him to keep going - for me to keep going. I felt like there were parts of the protagonist that were mirrors of how I feel about me some days, and I really needed him to save me. Be forewarned. Tons of triggers. Blown away by this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Medical content, Rape, Grief, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Bullying, Vomit, Death of parent, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

meemzala's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Self harm, Gore, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

eessaahh's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Death, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Vomit

meggish_00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Self harm, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, and Trafficking

cfdurham's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

You deeply feel for the characters, even in their worst moments. Many, many, many trigger warnings — the pain endured by one of the characters was more vile than I could even imagine before reading this. This is some of the most beautiful writing I’ve encountered. Even so, I don’t think I would recommend this book to anyone. You’ll experience characters in a way you have never before, and you will feel everything: good and (very) bad. Read if you are able to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Torture, Blood, Ableism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Body horror

__saint__'s review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Vomit, Violence, Death, Rape, Torture, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Gore, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, and Ableism

nina938474939's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Child death, Car accident, Gore, Grief, Incest, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Vomit