Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Der Gesang der Flusskrebse by Delia Owens

8 reviews

sammirosewater's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative 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

If 6 stars were an option I would choose that. Wow I will be thinking about this book for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

creationwing's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

3.75

The story was fine, and the descriptions of nature were quiet good. I found it could be verbose at times, and, as others have pointed out, the dialogue was wasn't the strongest. While I liked the characters like Jumpin and such, the author builds tension only to accidentally deflate it too quickly and too soon. I have mixed feelings about this book. I got emotional at times, but it was lacking something that made the transition between the two (eventually coinciding) timelines choppy. The time jump in the last few chapters felt especially abrupt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Sexual harassment, and War

Graphic depictions of domestic violence, including against children.

A (frankly unnecessary) scene involving racist hate crime and slurs.

First period Coercion of sex / dubious consent / wear her down Some injuries are described quite graphically, more than expected, at least Implied painful sexual experiences. Attempted sexual assault.

meganpbennett's review against another edition

The sections of Kya living by herself in the swamps wasn't appealing to me, while the murder mystery was, and there wasn't enough murder mystery to keep me reading to find out more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer and Car accident

blissofalife's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

Beautifully written, I hardly realized there was a plot until I smack in the middle of it. It felt almost refreshing to feel intertwined with the main characters thoughts and emotions.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Classism

kadengrace's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Racial slurs, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

deveyway's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I need to know more. I need a sequel or a prequel or something. I just need more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Chills. when i tell you i had chills reading this book………. ridiculous. amazing. i’m speechless. it’s been a long while since a book has left me feeling this way. the imagery and the personality and just everything about this book had me smiling, laughing, crying, hurting, and feeling so many more emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail