Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

6 reviews

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.75

I loved this retelling of Norse Mythology. The beginning was a bit slow and dense for me but it picked up very quickly, and I can't believe how fast I devoured it! Neil Gaiman's narration definitely made it ten times more enjoyable than if I had read it as a text. Pleaae read the content warnings before reading/listening if you are sensitive to descriptions of torture and gore, they are behind the spoiler tag.

CW: eye trauma, intestines/entrail, genital mutilation/torture, graphic descriptions of death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Excrement, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

charliekjg86's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, and Alcohol

yrlaevelyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious reflective tense

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

hannahbailey's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Very enjoyable! Quick, short stories that build on from one another. It has an interesting set of characters - although more female characters wouldn't have gone amiss. Loki was really testing me towards the end. I don't think I could've kept reading about him.

Overall very fun and educational. It was interesting to read the origins of these norse myths (or at least Gaiman's interpretations of them).

Suitable for younger readers, but there are graphic descriptions of darker themes:

TW: death, murder, animal death/sacrifice, body horror, torture, violence, war

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, and Murder

atlanticgiantpumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Blood, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gore, Incest, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Abandonment

There’s also bestiality.

lukerik's review against another edition

informative mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I haven’t actually read Gaiman’s source material. For all I know what he’s produced is an absolute travesty. That being said this is a very enjoyable book. Written in such a way it can be enjoyed by adults or older children. There might not be enough violence to keep very young children entertained. 

Interesting to see how often I was reminded of Lewis and Tolkien. There are also repeated and eye-opening similarities to Middle Eastern mythology. The source material was written down late enough for there to be influence via Christianity. I don’t know if there’s a real influence there or if we have something archetypally mythic going on. I choose to believe the latter. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and War