Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

194 reviews

lexiesophocli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

such a gripping read!! one of the only times i found myself unable and unwilling to think of a resolution - I let the book tell the story without cutting it off at the head (pardon the expression) 
at times a bit long-winded and drawn out, but i kinda liked it that way. very disturbing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Blood, Suicide, Torture, Sexual harassment, Gore, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Vomit, Addiction, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

gracie98buena's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

MASSIVE trigger warnings across the board. this was definitely closer to horror in my opinion. videodrome inspired. bordering on being torture porn itself. still rocked

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Gun violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Trafficking, Excrement, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Vomit, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Torture, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual violence

bookslovesari's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This one was exhausting for me. A lot of triggers throughout the book and vivid story telling h to at could make your stomach hurt. I would not be comfortable recommending to someone. She’s a brilliant author though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Gore, Trafficking, Body horror, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Physical abuse, and Rape

lordslag's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Rape, Grief, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

embattler's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Pretty intense themes and actions occur so don’t read if you feel sensitive to those things! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Rape, Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction

izkristajean's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Blood

afreeby's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Stalking, Suicide, Trafficking, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Violence

ljkruz's review against another edition

Too dark and disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

samsaindon's review against another edition

i realized im not into body horror at all

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Body horror, Infidelity, Suicide, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape

trinny's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Addiction, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Blood