Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Girl A by Abigail Dean

5 reviews

nialiversuch's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Body shaming, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Excrement, Infertility, and Vomit

kelseygrachek's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Self harm, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Body horror, and Misogyny

evnfig's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.25

Good, solid book. The writing style was so... cool? Something about the delivery of this writer is so modern and relaxed, but the subject of what the author was writing about was so emotional and touchy. It was an interesting contrast. I didn't find the jumps between times jarring at all, and the serious tone was consistent throughout the entire book. I did, however, find it hard to tell where we were in time a few times, but maybe the author intended that.
I really enjoyed this one. I recommend it if you're in the mood for some darker contemporary fiction but don't want something that'll keep you up at night.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Confinement

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Blood and Body horror

dorianlecter'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

emakay's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, and Suicide