Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

15 reviews

g533's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Death of parent

The sexual assault/rape/abuse isn't very explicit, but was set and contextualized in very disturbing ways that would make me increase the warnings for them.

fkshg8465's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

These two make the best fictional power couple. Yes, I am bothered by the women’s to requirement to obey their husbands per vampire laws, but it’s clear there’s a lot of room for interpretation, at least with Diana and Matthew. Really excited to see what the fourth book will bring. Three weeks left to wait at the library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

theimposter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Infertility, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, and Pregnancy

redheadsuperpowers's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I stick by my description of this series as Twilight for adults, but it's so well written, and I enjoyed this close to the series so much. It tied up all the major plot points, and the minor ones left open are likely to close with the next series set in this universe. (The first of those books is out!) The relationship between the main characters, Diana and Matthew, settles some, easing how annoyed I was with male lead in the second book. The family moments were many, and one scene made me cry. I was disappointed with one major plot point though. It's a spoiler, so I won't share it, but I was like 'wait, what? Why? Who?' and the book did not answer that point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy

euphemiajo's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Miscarriage, Blood, and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Deportation

parkinmaia's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Torture

adearen's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.75

The book is generally slow and disjointed until about the last 100 or so pages when the story line finally starts to resolve. The first book was the best in the series and the author honestly lost track of the narrative by trying to flesh out characters and live that while interesting and that I enjoyed in the end led to a rather convoluted storyline through most of books 2 and 3. Finall  resolving only in the final arc of book 3, when Diana is finally allowed to be the awesomely powerful witch the author has been trying to convince us she is since book 1.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

jowould's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Body horror and Sexual content