Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

32 reviews

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, and Vomit

lizardteeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Alcohol, Gore, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual assault and Physical abuse

cabrera_bre's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Murder, and Vomit

library_goth's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed the writing style and some of the monologues (even though the thought processes didn’t make sense for six year olds), but that’s about where my enjoyment ends. I read the reviews on this and knew what I was getting into, but this really is the most dismal book imaginable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Excrement, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Torture

dupont1998's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

gknott's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Abandonment, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Excrement, Violence, and Child death

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

lmar1994's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

onlyflames's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Gore, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit

dosxhime's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

When people said that The Laws of the Skies are brutal, believe them. 

This comes to a close second in terms of darkest books I ever read. First is of course, Hogg. If you're not a fan of children getting un@lived, I would highly recommend to skip this. 

3.5 / 5 C-

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Violence, Torture, Mental illness, Gore, Child death, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Stalking

cat_mom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Vomit