Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

57 reviews

almostqualified's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Blood

readingwithive's review

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Spooky! Adored the folk horror. Weird ending (how a confusing one)! I’ll be seeking more books like this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

errie's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

ventellina's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, and Murder

jamieleepilk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jillaay_h's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sgrunwald96's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

Fun thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. A bit like Get Out. Good super natural elements

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Medical content

punk_flower_child's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

Incredible story, if a little predictable. The horror continued to catch me by surprise. I'm not much one for metaphors but I'm excited to read the other reviews because I know there were countless great ones in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Racism, and Alcohol

tayliie's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

3.5

This book covers some important struggles that Black people (specifically, Black women) face in America. I thought the content of this book was important to have represented in media. My only complaints is that some of the dots were just not connecting for me when we got down to the "who dun it?" part of the book and I kind of wished the author took some more time to tie in the Egyptian mythology side of this story. The pacing was a little inconsistent to me. 

However, all things considered, this is an excellent debut novel! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

clarkg's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Overall, I found this book to be a pretty compelling thriller with a decent twist ending. It's explorations or race, class, gender, and the geography and topography of the land were unlike anything I have read before and I valued Erin Adams' unique creative vision. That said, some moments felt heavy-handed and trope-y, which took me out of it a bit. Even with that caveat, I would still recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol