Reviews tagging Animal death

Her Body and Other Parties, by Carmen Maria Machado

40 reviews

tinyjude's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.25

I guess not for me but I appreciate the creativeness 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, Homophobia, Death, Fatphobia, Body horror, Animal death, and Alcohol

apolloann's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Animal death, and Sexual content

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Body shaming, Gore, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death, Violence, Injury/injury detail, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Abandonment, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Suicide, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, and Child abuse

Illness outbreak, epidemic ("Inventory"). Unreality ("Especially Heinous"). Insects ("Eight Bites," "The Resident"). Illness ("The Resident").

woweewhoa's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

This is a weighed review because if Especially Heinous was on its own, I'd rate it 5 Stars. The writing is haunting and the way it describes things is very vivid. I enjoyed it a lot!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

jaimc's review

mysterious reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Body shaming

Minor: Lesbophobia and Animal death

newtons's review

challenging dark reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Blood, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Body horror

sofipitch's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

Amazing, incredible, showstopping, never the same! I really loved this collection, the themes in it were so good and the writing is so elegant and the horror, some stuff had me grimacing physically. The only men story was Especially Heinous, which might be bc I've never seen SVU, so that's why this doesn't get the full 5, bc that one was also especially long

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Body horror, and Misogyny

Moderate: Misogyny, Animal death, Vomit, Stalking, and Rape

apricotlashes's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

Very good writing and overall I enjoyed it but there's a lot that can be difficult to get through depending on your personal experiences. There's a good variety of content between stories while still encompassing the same or similar themes. I wish I were smarter to write a better review because it gloriously captures the female experience but alas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Fatphobia, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Rape

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

sderrig's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, Grief, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, and Violence

literary__mary's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

This is one of my all time favorite authors! She truly writes like no one else. I highly recommend if you like magical realism, feminism, and lgbtq themes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide