Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Intercepts by T.J. Payne

59 reviews

l_fitz20's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, and Death of parent

hannahcheney97's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gun violence, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

claireandreese's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

First I'd like to say that this is nowhere near a horror novel. I would probably characterize it as a sci-fi thriller novel. Although it doesn't quite deliver on the "scary" it is creepy and delivers on the blood and gore. 

I do think the pacing is a bit slow in the beginning, but does pick up towards the end. The reader is also forced to be in the characters position of figuring out what is real and what is a hallucination. Of course, the characters are unlikeable in the sense of their actions in the novel, but their also very nuanced. It's up the interpretation of the readers to decide if the ending was right or not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Infidelity and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

paf_'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Very gory and disturbing, so if that’s what you’re looking for you’re in the right place. Certain parts felt a little predictable and I just don’t think I liked the angle of the experiment. It got confusing towards the end and maybe it was supposed to be like that? Intercepts was good but I probably wouldn’t recommend to my friends.

cartergladu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

prettyspry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

emmalizzz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

Incredible. No notes. I loved the villain, I love the hero, and I loved the bystander. So horrendously messed up, incredible (and disgusting) imagery, phenomenal detail. It had me avoiding the dark corners of my house for days. Such a weird, fucked up concept that I feel is not out of the realm of possibility for the US Government. The ending had me almost in tears, the middle had me gagging, and I was so conflicted in feeling bad for certain characters. Also, I pictured Joe as Matthew McConaughey. I recommend that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

llvaralli's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity

corriecorriecorrie's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Quick summary: Joe works at a facility that performs human experimentation. His work just followed him home. 

I read this booking in one sitting because every chapter left me wondering what would happen next (stressyyyyyy). There were jump scares, plenty of moments were I had no idea if the events were really happening or if they were all in the characters’ heads, and the epilogue was a perfect bow of answers to tie it all together. 

A great horror book that won’t leave me so terrified I need a nightlight to sleep. I’ll be recommending it to (aka forcing it upon) my mom and would definitely read again myself. 

TW: suicide, gore, human torture 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

gamerreaper13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

T. J Payne does an awesome job of painting such a visceral and horrifying picture of...well nothing at all! The body horror was gory and fun and the mystery aspect was absolutely amazingly paced!! Payne has a fantastic way of drip feeding the audience information and letting everything settle in, giving us the satisfaction of putting all the pieces together ourselves. 

The twist at the end had literal chills running up and down my spine as everything came together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death of parent