Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher

12 reviews

dark_marble_eyes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

clawedmonet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Xenophobia, Blood, and War

Minor: Torture

nyx_bringer_of_stars's review

adventurous funny medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Minor: Body horror

sonatica's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Murder

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Xenophobia, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content and Torture

dosxhime's review

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

4.75

How can I describe the absolute love and outpouring emotions I feel towards the Clocktaur wars series? I'll start off that the deconstruction of the paladin Troupe and the amount of world building here was just phenomenal! There were all kinds of characters that had their own motives and personalities that shone with uniqueness and charm, especially Brenner. And from that sentence alone, you can see how much I was devastated from his death. 

I didn't expect to grow so attached to these 5 characters in just two books. Absolutely crazy. I think T Kingfisher just cemented herself as one of my favorite authors. 

God I love clocktaur wars.....

4.75 / 5 A 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

clarabooksit's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Torture

huntress's review

adventurous dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jwells's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

I really enjoyed the Clocktaur Wars books and flew through them.  The clocktaurs are creepy, and the gnomes are wonderful with their surprisingly complex society. 

I'm not the biggest fan of love triangles as subplots, especially when

one of the characters in the triangle ends up dead in the resolution

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It surprises me that more reviews tag this "light hearted" than "dark." It's certainly funny at times, but also has demons and mysterious fatal plague, and flesh-eating tattoos.  I wouldn't call it "light." 

That  doesn't mean I don't recommend it, though, it is really fun to watch some morally gray characters forced to work alongside a paladin and a young sheltered scholar. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Torture

csevet's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

why is my favorite character always the one who dies. i love the book anyway but that hurt

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body horror and Sexual content

Minor: Torture