Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

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25 reviews

mary_stormageddon's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

It had me guessing until the end. It's very dark, very descriptive, and very disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

thebigbagtheorybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

elkiebear's review

dark mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Chronic illness

stormmorgan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

Wow this book was a wild ride that I thoroughly enjoyed and could NOT put down. Loved the plot, guessed *some* of the twists, but not all! The dialog was sometimes a bit....sitcom-y sometimes?? And it sort of threw me off a bit, but I eventually got used to it and let the story take me away. Was gory but not the most so that I have ever read. For this author's first novel it was very well done! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

davimpaddock's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

gumbo's review against another edition

4.0

main character suffers from being annoying disease sometimes (in terms of when she is herself, not relating to the story) but the author makes up for it with how brilliantly written all the spooky stuff is written. however,

i found it to be glaringly obvious from nearly the get-go that is was ford. no idea if the level of obviousness was intentional or not

, but i still really enjoyed the experience. i couldn't put the book down for the last third of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

fictionaladventures's review against another edition

4.5

4.5 stars. I LOVE UNRELIABLE NARRATORS

This was gruesome from the very beginning!! The whole book felt like a more intense Darcy Coates, which I am SO here for cause I love Darcy Coates. I was riveted the whole time and all the twists were wild! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

musings_marginalia_miscellanea's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

archaicrobin's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-paced

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

1.0

This was just a complete mess. The writing was amateur and the plot was so confusing I still don’t really understand what the hell was going on. A very poor version of the “are they possessed or just crazy” trope. There’s too many ideas here and none of them are well done. You have the final girl, the haunted house, the family murder, the serial killer, the red herrings, the mystery, the cop drama, etc. it’s just way too much and none of it weaves together well. 

All the characters feel fake and just husks of people. Dixie is the worst protagonist I’ve ever read and again comes off as a complete psychopath the entire book. I would never recommend this, it just fails on all points and is so repetitive that I feel like the entire novel was the same 4 scenes over and over and over again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail