Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

There Are No Saints, by Sophie Lark

16 reviews

ednam0dewannabe's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Stalking, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Death

morgansbookshelves's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

 Bumped up my rating from a 4.5 to a 5! I love how dark and twisted this book is. Lark has a very impressive talent for making you root for the bad guy, as much as I should have disliked Cole I couldn't help but hang on to every word in his chapters. Seeing how his mind worked was fascinating and I am so glad that I have access to book 2. I need to see how this is going to end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Kidnapping, Cursing, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, Violence, Body horror, and Bullying

Moderate: Self harm, Abandonment, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

leslielikesliterature's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Torture, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Body horror, and Vomit

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Stalking, and Body horror

Moderate: Murder and Death

Minor: Alcoholism and Self harm

ktkeps's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual content, Injury/injury detail, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Minor: Self harm

bryelle's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Mara is a hard working art student. There is a serial killer who is killing woman in the Bay Area. Mara gets abducted and tortured. The killer leaves her body to taunt another killer Cole. He liked control and won’t fall to someone else’s agenda. Mara sees Cole and when she realizes he won’t help her she fights to save her selves. Mara returns to her “normal” life after her trauma. Cole becomes obsessed with her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Abandonment, Body horror, Gaslighting, Murder, Torture, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Ableism and Self harm

kbugz724's review

5.0

Sophie does it again!
This book is dark like fr look up trigger warnings. 
Listen, this is not a fluffy happy romance. This is the MMC will literally murder someone for you or maybe even you. So go in with those expectations. It's toxic. It's dirty, It's dark in the absolute best ways.
I could not put this down, finished it in 24 hours.
This one kept me on my toes the entire time, the smut is next level so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Self harm, Injury/injury detail, Body horror, and Sexual content

viennawaitsforwho's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense 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

My first Sophie Lark book!!!
I'm so glad I finally decided to take the plunge tbh. She's kind of a badass. No, I take that back. She is a total badass. Sophie, I bow at your feet, girl. You managed to make me, a true crime junkie who can't stand when people romanticize killers, to somehow love a full-on serial killer??? Granted, he's a lot better than his competitor. Listen to me, defending a murderer. Sophie, babe, what have you done to me?

Anyway, check your trigger warnings on this one, people. While it is a masterpiece, it is NOT for the faint of heart by any means.

AND there is a sequel or part two or whatever you want to call it. So if you liked this one, make sure to check out its companion There is No Devil. I haven't read her just yet, but I'm on my way and very ready for more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Body horror, Child abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Stalking, Violence, and Self harm

golden_like_dior's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Self harm, Abandonment, Abortion, Kidnapping, Injury/injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

shaipanda's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Bruh this book is so fucked upppp - but damn it was really good lol - I literally binge read this in like 4 or so hours when I got back from class and am like 30% or more into the sequel lol it’s so good like wtf I had been avoiding this book when reading through Sophie Lark’s backlist cause I thought I wouldn’t like it but apparently I was wrong 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexism, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Torture

Minor: Cannibalism