Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine

7 reviews

justine15's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Murder, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Violence

Minor: Car accident and Adult/minor relationship

haley49's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I’m so mad but also so amazed. This was such a twisty ya book that constantly kept me guessing. I’m so upset yet so happy with how great this story was. A twisted Halloween take on it’s a wonderful life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Car accident, Grief, Suicide attempt, Body horror, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexism, Racism, Transphobia, and Pedophilia

jessw17'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Gore, Blood, Child death, Death, Body horror, and Car accident

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Grief, and Infidelity

lio_clementine's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I waffled over how to review this book. The main character, Alice, irked in a way reminiscent of other “final girls,” and the points at which the novel does not take itself too seriously are the places where it shines brightest. Moreover, despite mediocre execution and poor pacing overshadowing the dark, gripping plot, How to Survive Your Murder circumvents presenting fear and gore with no purpose (suggested by the book’s excessive, gory murders that threaten to cross the line set by the genre) by integrating bad-horror-movie style scenes that do not cease to entertain and leaning into the dark humor of the genre to construct a story that, while predictable, genuinely horrifies at times. A solid read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, Body horror, and Death

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

I liked this as much as I like slasher films… not much. Shallow “valley girls” + gore + plot holes + shitty ending = this book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Infidelity

amhud1030's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

1.0

found most of the characters in this book unlikable. 

The plot of the story had some great twist to it definitely kept you guessing I had a few people I suspected at the beginning and then my suspects changed midway through but never would I have guessed the ending. 

There are lots of horror movie references  and as in most horror movies you tend to hate the main character making stupid mistakes however the fact that the main character Alice was obsessed with horror movies and knew the mistakes that everyone always made and still did them but justified them to herself was very annoying. 

Also did I mention the ending? I have so many questions!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Gore, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Dementia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

baileesg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

This is book is Scream meets Happy Death Day. If you like any 80’s or 90’s slasher than this book is going to be for you. After her sister dies, Alice is granted a wish to go back and redo that night. However, it’s not as simple as she previously thought. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Physical abuse