Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

10 reviews

amu_m3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-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? N/A

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Body horror, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Ableism, Torture, and Slavery

suzylit's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

A landmark in the feminine literary tradition. Four decades later those fairytale retellings still ring true.
I was just a little frustrated by some of the stories I would have wanted more of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Sexism, Body horror, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child death, Mental illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

andy_sfc_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

I’m conflicted about this book because the writing is beautiful and so descriptive. You can literally see and feel everything that Angela Carter is writing. However, some of the content (even though I’m aware that the purpose of this book is to be discomforting) is so uncomfortable to read like The Snow Child. What was that?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Child death, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Classism, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

hashpole's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Blood, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Child death, and Confinement

ivana's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

My favourite story was The Lady of the House of Love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

djinnandtea's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

I enjoyed this collection a lot. Carter’s versions of "Bluebeard," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Little Red Riding Hood," among others, were beautiful, lush, and dense to my out-of-practice English major eye. I got a lot out of these takes on some folklore classics. Evocative and meaningful, these are the kind of stories that benefit from multiple readings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Folktales are bloody and violent; Carter doesn't shy away from any of that.

tragicdeadgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Gore, Death, Child death, Body horror, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

strabbyfieldz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

I remember reading this age like... 15 and going 'wtf' and now I get to do that on a somewhat academic level in my classes woooo!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child death, Death, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood and Pedophilia

fruitea's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

studied for a level, became numb to the disturbing content within a couple of weeks. while i think angela carter is a talented writer, this isn't something i can pick up again and read casually. i think i would lose my mind at the amount of graphic and, for lack of a better word, straight up nasty content within. it's too complex of an issue to discuss without going on for ages, but it's something i wanted to address because it is quite distressing at times and i wish we'd been warned beforehand. however, i will hesitantly admit that it will change how you view traditional (european) fairy tales. i like how there's a sort of shift in the perspective from the beginning of the collection to the end and the subversion of the usual fairy tale tropes. my favourite story is the lady of the house of love and not just because it's about vampires. i think the way she changes the traditional themes and character archetypes is the most effective in this story, and it's probably the least disturbing one in the collection. seriously though, it's difficult to give an overall rating because my opinion changes with each story. 4 stars for the subversion of tropes and the thought provoking retellings

Spoiler

and the piano tuner

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

i cant add this as a content warning in the thingy but another content warning is for

Spoiler

necrophilia

very unpleasant to study in an a level literature class of twelve people

tabitha_isabelle's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence