Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

28 reviews

starlit01's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

schnaucl's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful fast-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

The time period is a little hard to place.  There's a reference to the Why We Fight shorts which played before films which suggests WWII era, but the towns they visit seem smaller than that.  Cars exist but aren't used because all the fuel is used for the far off war.    It definitely has an old west or even westward expansion feel to it. 

The rest is sadly a prescient view of how some people want America to be.  The State controls all entertainment/media, books, music and film.  Those State approved materials rigidly reinforce cisgender heterosexual norms to the point where anyone who isn't cisgender or anyone who is anything other than straight can't conceive of a world where there are more people like them, or that they might deserve and be able to attain as much happiness as anyone else.    

The librarians (always women, I believe) go from town to town, distributing the Approved Material and collecting worn Approved Material in need of repair.  Of course, sometimes the librarians secretly distribute Unapproved Material and help people escape to the free areas of the country (ironically, in this story that includes Florida).

I would definitely read more about these characters and this world, but I think this is a stand alone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Sexism, Violence, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

Minor: War

ellanarose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

5.0

 This was a rollercoaster of emotion, and I loved every second of it. Even the dedication and acknowledgements wrapped my heart in feelings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, and Gun violence

hullomoon's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

4.5

I love how this story wraps up nicely but still leaves an open endness that felt like there was plenty of the world left to explore

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Death, and Misogyny

Minor: Gore, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

sarafinley's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Homophobia

c430's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

4.75

Loved this book! Such a fast read too, I think I finished in about 2 reading sessions.
I really enjoyed Esther's progression as a character, going from a shy girl, afraid of most everything and okay with blending into the background and disappearing. And at the end of the book

she kills a man because she doesn't want to be just a shy girl who is okay with being called "sweetheart" and taking on that role in order to make him more comfortable

I loved the interactions with Cye and how their relationship grows. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Gore

wildbuiltrobot's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Transphobia, and Blood

emmanem's review

adventurous emotional funny tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Blood

nutm3g's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring fast-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

5.0

I absolutely loved Upright Women Wanted, and am looking forward to reading more of Sarah Gailey's works. Post apocalyptic (dystopia in the future? not quite fully explained) queer romance where Librarians are gunslingers delivering information (both legal and illegal).... what more could I ask for? My only qualm with the work is that it is a novella rather than a novel as I desperately wanted to read more about thee characters and the world in which they inhabit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Violence, Animal death, Cursing, Dysphoria, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol

boglord's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring fast-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Blood, Homophobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Gore

Moderate: Vomit, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, and Transphobia

Minor: Animal death, War, and Domestic abuse