Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

16 reviews

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Mental illness, Body horror, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Cancer, Alcohol, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Blood, Infidelity, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

Minor: Child death and Physical abuse

Further warning for descriptions of drowning, and a very brief mention of child-on-child sexual abuse.

mostawesomedan's review

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Violence

calamitywindpetal's review

informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Body horror, Violence, Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Terminal illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

the_great_tumbleweed's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

5.0

This is definitely the spookiest scifi I've read - the mysteriousness and hostility of the setting and its impact on the characters is so pleasingly creepy! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Body horror, and Suicide

boglord's review

adventurous challenging informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Alcohol, and Cancer

madarauchiha's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Ignore that lil bitch that says '195 pages'. This shit sticks to your esophagus on the way down. Take your time.

I liked how clinical the prose is, yet it's still enticing and draws you in. The writing is fantastic and lyrical, and I love the tiny glimmers of personality for each character. I loved the gentle use of fungi / plant horror. I appreciate the uncommon creepiness of using natural, organic materials and twisting it into something uncanny and horrifying. I wouldn't class this as straight up horror, more scifi than anything.

content warnings:
minor insects, suicide, guns, drowning, marital infidelity, suicide ideation, blood, animal death, 

medium cancer, insects, alcohol use, injuries, blood, bone fractures, military, 

major unreality, guns, death, manipulation, mind control?, gun violence, gore, body horror, death, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Cancer, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Suicide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Animal death