Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine

16 reviews

paperkindle's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow. This was so dark and thrilling, edge of your seat book. I don't know if I'll read the second book because:

it could have ended by them being safe because so much happened in their life. Also, Melvin breaking out of prison feels a bit over the top.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and War

agxxo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

saccm4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Bullying

Minor: Gun violence, Car accident, and Gaslighting

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

Disturbing, riveting, intense. Loved it, it made me paranoid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty

faithsbookreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This book was really predictable & confusing. There were so many “attempted” plot twists that just kind of fell short & when the true antagonist was revealed, it was a little underwhelming. I think the plot is really good in theory but wasn’t a fan of how everything was executed. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lissar749's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Bullying, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Car accident

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

I feel like 2.75 is very harsh, it's just that I was expecting this thriller to be darker and more entertaining and it was just a huge letdown. There wasn't much thrill or suspense throughout the book; I just found myself trudging along most of it. Don't get me wrong I felt the portrayal of a woman's resilience and a mother's desire to protect her kids was wonderfully depicted. And I found her need for running and surviving to be very plausible. However, I was just so bored the whole time. Also, for a character that's always on the edge about trusting she was very eager to trust a guy just because he fixed her roof and treats her kids well. 

I saw the twist with Mr. Cade a mile away.

  I understand why others make it like this book, but this isn't what I seek when reading thrillers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and Grief

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Classism

allybrown051's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This book wasn’t bad, but I’m not dying to keep reading the rest of the series. But I already own the whole series, so we’ll see!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

themoodreader's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail