Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

40 reviews

birtelesemann's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

 Angela Carter ist großartig im beschreiben von Räumen, Kleidern, Gegenständen, Personen. Sie drückt sich sehr bildlich aus und dennoch bleibt genug Raum für die eigene Vorstellungskraft der lesenden Person, denn Carter findet genau die richtigen Worte, um eine gewisse Stimmung zu erzeugen, ohne zu konkrete Beschreibungen zu liefern. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Rape, Torture, and Death

chiara_dose's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Infidelity, and Sexual content

mf_luder's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

Read The Company of Wolves for a creative writing class a year ago and really liked it. The prose caught me off more than any other story I read so I decided to sit down and read the rest. For starters, I gotta say, it is really good. There is something about the way that it is written that would be perfect to hear around a campfire. I'm not entirely sure I "got" the exact message behind many of the stories, that'll demand a reread in a few years I think. Even if you don't totally understand, just the writing style is enough to keep you captivated. "The Bloody Chamber", "The Lady of the House of Love", and the astonishingly tonally different "Puss-in-Boots" are some of my favorites.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: War

sanjana_the_book_station's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Confinement, Rape, Torture, Stalking, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, and Gore

leanneymu's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

A luxuriously-written, beautifully-sinister collection of short stories, that take fairytales as their inspiration. The first time I've read Angela Carter, but hopefully not the last! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence

mandkips's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

pollydye's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

fav quote: “his genitals! ah huge!” 🥰🥰🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Incest, Death, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Moderate: Classism

odrib's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Death, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Racial slurs, and Racism

ivana's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

My favourite story was The Lady of the House of Love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

contre_qui's review against another edition

dark

4.5

This is such a great collection. Carter's grasp of perspective and tense is incredibly strong; each story has the perfect combination of both to create an incredibly compelling narration and character. Her word choice is beautiful - it's really just something else. Reading these stories is enjoyable, they just feel good to your brain. And the plots are interesting and engaging. Some are horror, others are not. All are reimaginings of fairytales and/or folklore figures (such as vampires and werewolves). I highly highly recommend. Many of these contain sexual content and themes, as well as dark sexuality, erotic horror, etc. So be advised this a collection most appropriate for adults.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Body horror

Minor: Murder, Pedophilia, Death, and Violence

Many of these stories are erotic horror and teeter on the edge of sexual violence, or at least use sexuality as a vehicle to display control and domination over another person. Many of the girls in these stories are quite young - early adulthood or late-ish teens, mostly as a way to reveal and call out the power imbalance in so many of the fairytales common in Western culture. These elements are present, and they are meant to disturb, but they are not intended to condone these behaviors. Many of these are horror stories. Keep that in mind.