Reviews tagging 'Gore'

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

9 reviews

phoevincent's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Deportation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Gore

neliadiedenise's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Death, Confinement, Gore, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Blood, Dementia, Infertility, and Terminal illness

mjmiller_'s review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Excrement, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Suicide attempt

iwishihadmoretimetoread's review

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Blood, Death, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

ldapkus's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicide, and Gore

r_snail52's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

Really interesting venture into the meaning of life-  wry existential filled me with an element of nihilistic dread, but in a good way? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Death

mme_carton's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Suicide, Abandonment, Blood, Chronic illness, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Terminal illness

horizonous's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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? No

2.25

Here's the thing: I won't forget this book easily, but I don't like it. It's too repetitive and too philosophical. This is one of those books I can't even really appreciate because I'm not quite sure what exactly it is trying to convey - beyond what is touched upon in the introduction which I read afterwards. I just don't have the brain or patience (especially with no answer to not just some but all of the questions asked) for philosophical thought experiments like the ones throughout this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Gore, Suicide, and Infertility

Minor: Cancer and Torture

◦ Suicude = incl. assisted suicide

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Confinement, and Body horror

Minor: Blood, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Excrement