Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Zew Cthulhu by Maciej Płaza, Krzysztof Wroński, H.P. Lovecraft, Mateusz Kopacz

8 reviews

iikeli's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Racial slurs, and Racism

macliffe's review against another edition

Didn’t love the writing style and too much zombie / cultish stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Racial slurs and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ellama_rachel's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Found some short stories good, some less good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Xenophobia

keltaklo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cannibalism

briereader's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

My first time reading any of Lovecraft's work, and I wasn't really impressed. Even beyond the blatant xenophobia that pervades his work, I simply didn't find the horrors he described quite that horrifying. I don't think time treated the wok kindly (once more, even beyond the BLATANT and PERVASIVE xenophobia)--the once titillating and unimaginable horrors are honestly well within my understanding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Suicide

mahitdzmare's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

Had some cool vibe but got ruined by the racism a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Death and Cultural appropriation

commander_zander's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Call of Cthulhu is the least appealing of these stories. The others i'd recommend for those who want to learn more about the history of science fiction, or to discover largely-forgotten horror tropes. Not recommended to general readers (because of predictable plotlines & racism).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Cannibalism

A primary theme is unavoidable planetary disaster.

perenian's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

I don’t like horror. I think I ought to have realised this by now, but Cthulu called and I answered. Lovecraft is terribly racist, but his stories are quite interesting. Not bad, just creepy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Racism