Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley

11 reviews

jules_reads_books's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Animal death, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Body horror

Minor: Vomit

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Medical content, Car accident, Body horror, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Alcohol, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Death, Gore, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Vomit

brittknee52'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book was a fun time, my only hang up is some of the lore doesn't hold up, there are a few plot holes because of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, and Gore

arenas_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

blackthornfaery's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol and Vomit

two instances of cruelty towards cats leading to cat death

lizgriffinwords's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Thank you NetGalley and Harper Audio for the advanced copy (even though the AI-generated voice is a horror novel unto itself.)

A chilling and suspenseful sapphic horror. Toes the line of having too many "ingredients" but draws most of them together for a satisfactory ending.

TW: parent death, PTSD, flashbacks to train crash (mildly graphic), gore & body horror

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gore, and Body horror

irenemarie's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Grief

s_lorenz's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, and Death

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Really fantastic YA gothic horror. Captivating setting, interesting characters and relationship between them, intense mystery that revealed itself. Subplot of sapphic romance. 

Only thing I wished more of was more scene building to really bring the gothic horror of the house together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Vomit, Blood, Violence, and Sexual content

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

Overall, I liked All the Dead Lie Down. The story itself was intriguing & the tone was consistent. I liked the gothic atmosphere and feel of the story. I felt it was a bit on the slow side so I found myself getting distracted and having to go back and listen again. The narrator (Jeanne Syquia) was great. The twists alone were worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, and Death of parent

Moderate: Classism and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Stalking and Vomit