Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Vredens gudinnor by Katie Lowe

6 reviews

pikkumarja's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

Tässä kirjassa ei varsinaisesti ollut mitään kauheaa vikaa. Premissi ja teema oli kiinnostava. Pidän tällaisesta noituutta ja akatemiaa yhdistävästä kirjallisuudesta, jossa vielä käsitellään naisten vimmaa, raivoa ja kostoja, mutta jotenkin kirja ei kuitenkaan yltänyt sinne, minne ehkä yritti yltää. Runsas päihteidenkäyttö ja muistamattomuusjaksot sekoittivat kirjaa entisestään ja loppujen lopuksi kirja tuntuu aika sekavalta.

Harmi, koska tavallaan kuitenkin viihdyin ja olisin halunnut tykätä tästä paljon enemmän.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Forced institutionalization

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ifoundcallie's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Gore, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Grief

ritual sacrifice, false accusations, slut shaming

5nazzyf0x's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I like it a lot ut had good rhythm and did make me want to keep reading it. I devoured it in like 2 big sittings. But it was a little disjointed in areas and when had happened to Emily Frost was a bit of a let down as I expected a way more interesting reveal as it fell kinda flat. But would I recommend the book. Yes if you like fast paced and quick books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

chonkooch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

While this was very well written and thoroughly enjoyable I did have several issues with it. The descriptive writing is gorgeous and strangely homoerotic female friendships are very much my jam. I also was a big fan of the horror elements, delicious.

However at certain crucial points the writing style made it difficult to tell what was actually going on: for example,

when the dean was dying i was exceedingly confused

and also

when robin died i had to flip back and forth a few times because i didn't understand.

i'm not 100% that a boarding school was the right setting for this? the school element did feel a little underused and the segments with annabel giving speeches were definitely the weakest parts of the book. despite the heavy emphasis i can tell we're supposed to feel on female rage/revenge i actually feel the better parts of the book are the parts that center around the complex relationships between the girls. if it was more character study and a liiiittle bit less witchcraft i think it could've been great. i also think the ending is a little bit of a cop-out. i think the book Oligarchy by Scarlett Thomas does a pretty good job of what i wish this book had done- that is, expose how insular and ingrown and fake the obsessive cult-like world of the girls is, and how this religion of girlhood-as-pain is, while very real, ultimately something you have to grow out of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail