Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

38 reviews

rubonyx's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

It almost feels wrong to give this 5 stars. This was very disturbing, to put it mildly. At one point I felt sick to my stomach. But that (and the plot, of course) is what makes this such a great horror story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Excrement, and Vomit

justacowboy's review against another edition

dark fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Excrement, Car accident, and Abandonment

charmarie's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cwiita's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Bordered on feeling unrealistic in the sense that the verbal communication and (hopefully) barbarity of children has its limits, but usually managed to turn the worst moments into something worthwhile.
I find the perspective interesting, mainly the way that Courtois acknowledged and discusses children’s realities and fears through the language and context of adult understandings. 
Initially I struggled to grasp the timeline and the way our focus as an audience shifts so frequently, but eventually I realized how important it was to the film-like pacing and building of suspense. 
It made for a very interesting read, with some decent gore.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, and Excrement

Minor: Stalking

potassiumk's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

m_scrimshaw's review against another edition

2.5

Modern French literature is really does have a unique bleakness I'm sure there's a point to, but I'll be damned if I can tell you what it is. To be fair, the story is clear about it's events from the very beginning before

offing our entire cast in increasingly gruesome and unsettling ways

. A very "Dead Dove, Do Not Eat" book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol

telliot's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, it was a short read that i didnt want to put down. The writing was pretty bad in some places, but maybe that was due to the translation. I kept screaming at the kids in my head because of the decisions they made and had to remind myself that they're just kids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Excrement and Vomit

anissawren's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

nat2r's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The writing in this book was fun to read, but aside from that...there's nothing really compelling me to recommend this to anyone 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

redtemptation's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Excrement, and Car accident