Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Hunger by Michael Grant

8 reviews

m4ferglez's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

While I would say this is a really good book, it does lag and drag at parts. I think it’s biggest hurdle to clear is that it has to establish a lot of elements that will become important later (the gaiaphage, the Human Crew, the zekes) and has not enough time to pay that off, even for a really hefty page count. 

I still enjoyed it a lot, but I do think it pales a little in front of the previous novel, and everyone being on the verge of starvation gets unnerving and a little repetitive pretty soon. Also some of these kids are psychopaths to an unbelievable extent, which contrasts with how realistic the story is at other points. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

sitrisummoned's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

sunniva174's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Cannibalism

0pen_b00ks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

thesawyerbean's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

An interesting follow up to the first in the Gone series. I found it to be a bit slower than Gone, but still an enjoyable read. It’s amazing how fleshed out the characters are considering how huge the cast is. I hope Lies continues to be as enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

quejk25's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, and Vomit

abbieinwonderland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

rioslittlelifelibrary's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood