Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Gemina by Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman

10 reviews

kathrynleereads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

No matter how many times I read it, Gemina never ceases to amaze me. Amy Kaufman and Jay Kristoff's abilities to foreshadow, create lovable characters, create truly hatable characters, delve into science as well as science fiction, and keep every single detail straight while doing it are completely unmatched.

It's always a gamble when you're talking about a second book in a series with completely different characters. For many readers, including myself, the characters are one of the driving factors that get me to pick up a book. 

Having fallen in love with Kady, Ezra, and AIDAN, I was shocked to find that I was immediately as drawn into Gemina as I had been to Illuminae, despite the completely new cast of characters. 

The Illuminae Files will forever be one of my favorite series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Vomit, Blood, Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Body horror, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Drug use

itsbumley's review

challenging dark tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Drug use, Body horror, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Violence, and Murder

marsh_mall0w's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Animal cruelty, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide, Child abuse, and Genocide

linus_rieper's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Tore through the book. I loved the first one, though it set an impossible standard to follow. This is still a great book. The action is intense, the stakes are high and it's overall a very immersive experience to read.

I saw a lot more of the twists coming this time, but that can also be satisfying. And overall it was a fascinating read, I feel like I learned something new.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Suicide and Drug use

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, and War

cd87's review

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.75

I can't believe this series. Just when I thought "meh, this isn't as good as the first one, it's not as twisty" I get a huge twist thrown at me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Body horror, and Cursing

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short_circuit's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

"good luck, hannah donnelly. the universe itself depends on you. ...no pressure."

i didn't like this one as much as i liked illuminae, but hannah and nik have quickly made their way into my favorite battle couples of all time. right next to kady and ezra and AIDAN, in fact. huh. funny how that works out.

best character is by far ella. sorry AIDAN, still love you more than anything, but i love me a sassy hacker genius. she and hannah and nik are the girlbosses of all time.

all in all, gemina is definitely an excellent follow-up to illuminae. can't wait to get my hands on obsidio!

(once again, heed the content warnings. this one's just as violent as the first, now with added drug use.)

'and waiting for her on the other side? just like he promised.

'a whole sky of different stars.'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, and Death

trips's review

adventurous dark funny inspiring tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Overall loved the illuminae files #2. Just a few points where I feel like characters made pop culture references that would be irrelevant in their time, and I thought it was too bad that end had no suspense, we found out the conclusion of Gemina immidiately after. But hey, overall very enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

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

nxclx's review

emotional tense 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

4.0

Giving this three stars hurt me, so I didn't. It was still intriguing and drew me in, but it was almost the same formula as the first one: BeiTech attacking with an non-human secondary threat. But still good.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Violence

vendela's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Genocide, Confinement, Blood, Body horror, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Child abuse, Animal death, and Drug use

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Terminal illness