Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos

19 reviews

clichemarker's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

This was really good!
It never got boring, there was always something going on.
Bit of a bummer ending though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

edie_maeve's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

bookobsessedmommy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Fat Camp + Blizzard + Zombies = The perfect storm for a unique sci-fi/thriller/horror that kept me on the edge of my seat and begging for more. I have a soft spot for books that make fun of themselves and Eat Your Heart out fits the bill. This combination of humor, self-awareness, and suspense is a favorite of mine. Following this motley camp crew as they flee the zombies overrunning the camp and figure out exactly what's going on was such a good time. It was a little jarring switching perspectives so frequently in the beginning, but once I got more familiar with all the character I actually liked it. Getting that 360 view of different events and seeing the motivations humanized all the characters quickly and made it feel more like a movie. There were a few choices that seemed random/weird/dumb to me, but that's actually on brand for horror movies. The ending was both satisfying and disappointing, but I think it suits the story itself. I'll be on the lookout for more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Pregnancy

Minor: Confinement and Suicidal thoughts

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Abortion, and Classism

read_with_loren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense fast-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

franklola's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Murder

kingrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

An upper YA horror comedy and science fiction with plus sized baddies and zombies? Yes please! 

The book follows multiple point of views (Vivian, Allie, Paul, Rachel, Steven, and Sheldon). All but Steve are high schoolers attending Camp Featherlite, a fat camp. Some of the campers want to be there and others don’t. Then there’s Steve, their Facilitator, who’s just there to help pay for college. It’s holiday break in the mountains outside of Flagstaff, Arizona and these teens are trekking through a blizzard into what will become a hellish nightmare where not everyone survives. Only two days into what is meant to be a two-week camp, and campers have suddenly turned into mindless, powerful zombies. Our campers have to put their secrets and misgivings aside to help each other survive. 

I think this book was incredible. A lot of f-bombs for a YA but I love it cause that’s exactly how 17 year old me talked. I love the badass plus-sized hero and she wields a damn plastic oar against zombies. And they’re the fast and strong kind of zombies were scare me so much more than normal zombies. 

It’a a little meta. I hate that certain characters died and there’s an unsatisfying ending, but I appreciate the social commentary on the treatment of fat people. As a plus sized woman, I would’ve loved to see myself represented positively when I was a teen and I think this is a kickass book for older teen girls struggling with society having a problem with their weight. 

I wish there was more diversity in the book. It was commenting on privilege a lot but mostly just skinny privilege and wealth. 

Great book! Will read another by deVos in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Violence, and Blood

farenmaddox's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Deliciously fun and campy just like a zombie thriller should be. It definitely wishes it were a movie instead of a book. I enjoyed all the characters and am so glad to see a thoughtful depiction of fat characters who are nuanced and interesting and capable and flawed and heroic and so many different things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Car accident

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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, Death, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Car accident