Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

3 reviews

sweetteaandfiction's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This Delicious Death by @kcottcan

This book was gifted to me by my bby girl, Cait; and I tore into it once I sat down to read it. 

PROS: 

🧟‍♀️Solid World Building

🧟‍♂️Well placed flashbacks and inserts at the beginning of the chapters that helped you feel more connected to the characters in the present or give you a better idea of what is going on outside our main character’s POV. 

🧟‍♂️Celeste is an icon. 

🧟‍♀️varied LGBTQIA+ representation 

🧟‍♂️a new-ish, unique take on zombies 

🧟‍♀️Best friends to soulmates 

🧟‍♂️Found family 

CONS: 

🧟‍♂️The fact people could find time to be racist, sexist, or homophobic during a literal zombie apocalypse felt a little too real for me. 

🧟‍♀️It felt a little Deus Ex Machina at times when certain things just happened to conveniently appear or be there when needed, but my biggest gripe with this is that I wanted MORE of the characters and things getting neat little ribbons was stopping that. 

🧟‍♂️Capitalism making its way into what she be considered medical treatment (ie SynFlesh) 

🧟‍♀️People peopling their way through the apocalypse 

🧠🧠🧠🧠 / 4.5 out of five SynFlesh brains for this cute little fast paced LGBTQIA+ horror pick

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Antisemitism, and Lesbophobia

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lovelydeadgirl's review against another edition

funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail