Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

5 reviews

chantheman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Death of parent

poptartsandhotfarts's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

Not what I would call the intense end of extreme horror (violence not the focus) but this addresses serious taboos and poetically describes extreme violence which may not be to everyone’s taste.
Although the reader may see where this is going, do not dnf as there’s more surprises to come with some truly original concepts; the author takes certain tries and makes them their own. This is a brilliantly written book that manages to deal with very dark matters and pulls it off completely.
This author can really write; the language in places would do Blackwood proud. Seriously impressed and would highly recommend to lovers of the macabre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

perfectcupoftea's review

challenging dark tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

horrorhayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

When I was told this would ruin my day I didn’t believe it but this did in fact ruin my entire day 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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

3.5

For sure one of the better splatterpunk pieces I've read as far as the actual plot goes! I am newer to the genre but I enjoyed this one. Super great balance of horror elements and interesting plot. Didn't love how graphic the SA scenes were - that's the only thing I could have done without, but it sure did accomplish the point of making it super uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content