Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Una lección de tinta y venganza by Victoria Lee

18 reviews

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Lesbians. Witchcraft. Murder. Dark Academia. What more could you possibly want? A Lesson in Vengeance is a good book. It’s filled with a diverse cast of lovable girls, discusses the difficulties behind families, queer identities, and mental health, all while holding a sense of mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

sogochto's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

It’s not very often that a book makes me react physically but there were parts of this book where I recoiled or yelled irl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

monaluffy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Yes! A dark academia book with witchy vibes that I LIKED!!!!! I wasn't dissapointed AT ALL, Love to hate this characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

dernhelms_bag's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, and Abandonment

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Eating disorder, Racism, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sarenac's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness

strawbeb's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I just finished it a few minutes ago and that was….. what a journey. It is definitely for those craving a horror, dark academia, lesbian, boarding school tale. The writing was beautiful to read and the characters were interesting to know. I especially love love loved all the parallels, especially at the end of the book. A great read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Thank you to Delacorte Press and Netgalley for an e-arc of this book!

When Felicity comes back to Dalloway School after a stay in a mental hospital following her girlfriend's death, she is meant to focus on her studies and stay away from witchcraft. But Ellis Haley is in her dorm, and all of the girls are drawn to her, including Felicity.  Ellis decides to teach Felicity that witchcraft isn't real by...making them dabble in witchcraft. All the while, Felicity is sure she is being haunted by her ex-girlfriend's ghost...or at least by the ghost of the founders of Dalloway school.

This book! Oh my goodness it was amazing. So so dark and mysterious and everything I wanted it to be.  Felicity is such an unreliable narrator and that makes it so you never truly know what will be revealed. I was on the edge of my seat through the whole thing and couldn't wait to see what happened next. I couldn't believe how this story ended, but I loved every minute I spent reading it!

Pub date: August 3, 2021

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit

themixedpages's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Body horror, Eating disorder, and Suicidal thoughts