Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher

10 reviews

gquintana's review against another edition

fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

otterforce's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

Fantastic little story full of equal parts darkness and wonder. While T. Kingfisher is Ursula’s adult pen name, this would easily pass as YA in my opinion. It’s a bit dark and bleak and there’s definitely some horror-esque moments, but it never went too far. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

maryellen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, and Death

coffeeandcomedy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I rated this as a YA book for a YA audience, because that’s what it is. It’s a lovely dark fairytale reminiscent of Bluebeard that is well-suited for a Middle Grade audience. My one issue is that the end felt rather rushed and anticlimactic, almost like there was little payoff for reading it (which I don’t think an MG reader would appreciate). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Classism

kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Death, and Murder

a_ab's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

2.5

This book was OK. It had some of Kingfisher's usual charm, but not enough to counteract all of the depressing dreariness of the situation. And since we have to suffer through this situation along with the heroine for about 95% of the book, I almost ended up DNFing the whole thing, even after going into it fully aware of the heavy topics this book would explore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Torture

sabsey's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

4.5 - fucked up if true! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

huntress's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicidal thoughts

pocketspoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Torture

snowkestrel's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

The language was too young, the topic too mature for the language and somehow the plot was too simple. It felt like a long novella. A lot of repetition instead of developing the worldbuilding. The antagonist was much too flat. But at least the plot made sense. The book really could have benefitted from a few extra chapters to allow for depth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship