Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

A Biblioteca dos Livros Mágicos by Emma Törzs

62 reviews

anabak's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I really enjoyed this dark magical book, well about books. I started with book of doors and wanted something similar and I will say this book is more global. There’s magic from the world. The story is told through three different perspectives and I really enjoyed it when we finally

got to the connection.

I didn’t really get hooked until the third chapter so push through if you’re struggling, it’s highly worth it. I really really loved it.

The way the author wrote the backstory for Isabel is really well done.

I was so sucked in. 

Honestly, I loved that two of the characters were so socially awkward. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

deez97's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Abandonment

nyree42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

It doesn't happen too often, but every once in a while I find a book that's very difficult to put down. When it comes to Ink, Blood, Sister, Scribe, I had to pull an all-nighter while going through the most exciting chapters because I knew I couldn't sleep until a resolution was found.

I would call this fantasy-horror due to the many body-harm scenes with blood and mentions of horrific topics, but it's not scary or graphic in other ways. You just can't have an aversion to reading about blood and the way they write with it, which definitely made me uncomfortable, but I powered through since the story was so captivating overall.

(Kids, don't try this at home. It's a fantasy world in this novel, and making yourself bleed to write stuff is only going to hurt you and make you sick. You won't find "magic" that way in our actual reality. So no self-harm, please!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

alaris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.0

This was spooky, fun, and very creepy at times. I could have done with less detail being given on the blood-draws and more on the magic side. Took a while to really get engrossing, since the storylines were very separate at first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

baking_muffins's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

Loved the writing and the characters. Have to say was disappointed that

Joanna ended up with Collins and Nicholas was just unused as a romantic character, especially since he was the main focus of the book for 50% of the time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Torture and Kidnapping

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ithilien11's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Does the dog or cat die?

nope, they’re fine!

lisettemarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

woolerys's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.5

Writing - 4/5

Plot - 5/5

Characters - 5/5

World-building - 4/5

Personal tastes - 5/5

TOTAL: 4.6

Loved this one! One of the best fantasy mysteries I’ve read in a while. The characters are lovable and their relationships—new and old—are super sweet. The pacing is excellent: how hard I was cheering for the characters to succeed rose at the exact same rate as the danger level rose and crystalized into clarity. And at the pitch of the climax I *still* didn’t know if a key player was trustworthy or not! Could not put it down, read those 400 pages in approximately two sittings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence

One bit of body horror is specifically around an eye.