Reviews tagging 'Child death'

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

18 reviews

spookymoosereads's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

I never know how to rate extreme horror books. I did really enjoy the writing style, how you could feel the MC's descent into insanity. Deals heavily with issue relating to grief and abandonment. Very short read, great prose but I definitely just want to talk to someone about this book in depth to see their reaction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Grief

Moderate: Cannibalism and Murder

Minor: Child death and Vomit

The main character is obviously suffering from extreme mental illness largely tied to grief. She becomes obsessed with

becoming a vulture and resting raw meat. At one point she eats a live baby piglet. There is also description of eating period blood both from a person and from a tampon as well as graphic description of eating a decaying, maggot infested deer.

mushio's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

allthingseryn's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

lizardgod's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Kudos to a book making me queasy? That's about all it had going for it, nothing really to write home about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity and Stalking

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

This remains one of my top 5 favourite books. The writing is so, so, SO GOOD! Equal parts beautiful and disgusting, with scenes that were still burned into my memory from my first read back in 2019. This book is just a horrifying and gorgeously written descent into madness, and I devoured (get it?) every word.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

cabeswaren's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• 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, Gore, Blood, Vomit, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

0ogazanami's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Body horror

Minor: Child death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

heartachesbi's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Racism

keddy4306's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

HAHAHA only read this to induce vomiting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

dosxhime'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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Death of parent