Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

23 reviews

winsomefish's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Lesbophobia, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Moderate: Biphobia

sammysamsam's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Physical abuse, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Body shaming, Cancer, Abandonment, and Death of parent

cat_d's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Vomit

abyissmal's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A macabre and agonizing story of a never-ending hunger. I think Tantlinger's writing here is best described as festering. It is absolutely dripping with exquisitely putrid details of horror that makes you crawls under your skin and make you squirm. Although I really enjoyed her writing, I didn't find the overall book compelling. It is still a fun piece of horror and worth the read especially if you're interested in obscure and gore-y horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Violence, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, and Death of parent

mahitdzmare's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Cannibalism, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent

angrboda's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

oh my god. feminine wrath & rage in the most disgusting way. i loved it. it made me too sick to eat my lunch, but it was worth it. i love the language, the metaphors, the dialogue, everything. perfection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Murder, Body horror, Cancer, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Gun violence and Homophobia

manya's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Murder, Gore, Cannibalism, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Body horror, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Violence, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Car accident, Child death, and Death of parent

themorbidlycuriousbookclub's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought this was fine, the horrific parts were indeed horrific but I didn’t love how it all played out. I do love a gruesome novella though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gore, and Death

Minor: Cursing

readswithrachel's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This book is disgusting but the writing is brilliant

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Vomit