Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Haar by David Sodergren

3 reviews

franzys_whip's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I cried so much. Such a well written book. Perfectly describes the horrors of aging, loneliness, industrialization, and corruption. Also Avalon was legitimately funny and I will die on that hill. While unexpected for me, I love the direction the ending took!

Also the cover art is by Trevor Henderson???? Literal perfection. Read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Violence, Cursing, Gore, Body horror, Murder, Classism, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Bullying, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual content

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Dementia, Lesbophobia, and Xenophobia

the minor content warnings are like VERY minor, i just thought they were worth mentioning

jalecd's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

This novel takes body horror to a level I had never even conceived and yet somehow still told a wonderful story of love, aging, and remembering the things that matter.  Muriel is an icon of the ages, and such a joy of a protagonist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Violence, Body horror, Cursing, Excrement, Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Vomit

wolfism's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

I'm glad I went into this without knowing what was to come, it was a total random choice for me. Good story! A grievance I have is that the antagonists felt a little too cartoonish in their douchebaggery for my taste. Its strength definitely lied elsewhere and I can't really speak of it without spoiling, but it made for an unexpected light-heartedness and bittersweetness among the body horror - and man am I ever weak for bittersweetness. I sure wish I had someone to talk to about this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Blood, Cursing, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Grief

Minor: Animal death and Sexual content