Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

5 reviews

naereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

shesreadingagain_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

So convoluted. I had high hopes for this book. It’s all over the place and there are many murders spoiler and so many false identities galore /spoiler. 

I needed a damn flow chart for this book. I will try another book by this author because I did like the pacing and writing but the content was not ideal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Grief, and Murder

pages_with_a_preoccupied_prin's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Really well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

I’m not sure if I would’ve picked it up if I had known about the pedophilia beforehand, but I really liked this book. While it is mentioned, the details weren’t explicit so I was able to get through those scenes.

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I love a good mystery. I also love when I can call any part of the book. Which in this case was only 1/5 twists. But I’ll take it! It’s a page turner that I couldn’t put down. Definitely worth the read!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail