Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Last Laugh by Mindy McGinnis

7 reviews

readingradie's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Mindy McGinnis does it again and once more, I need to lay flat on my back to process this. Please read this duology cause holy shit, she had me screaming in my kitchen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

aformeracceleratedreader's review

dark sad fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Okay, I checked this out from the library as soon as I finished the first one, and I will say this was a pretty great sequel. A lot of my questions from the first book were answered and had me going "wtf WTF" throughout. 
There were some gross/gruesome parts so check some content/trigger warnings. 
I overall liked the ending as well even though it made me a little sad. What I was hoping for didn't happen, but it's okay.

closure is better than nothing, but I would've liked to see tress and felicity rebuild their friendship knowing/understanding that what they both did was due to trauma. I'm glad Rue was able to be saved and go with Tress to build a new/different life as well

 I need to read more from this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Dementia

trashboatwinter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

emeraldelephant's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was intense!  Not only was the plot even crazier as a continuation of The Initial Insult but it delivered on many fronts.  It's also pretttttyyy gory and gross.  I have a decently strong stomach but some descriptions were A LOT to listen to/read.  I didn't have strong feelings about Ribbit in TII but man he pissed me off in this one.  He always seemed weak and passive but he flipped that and became kind of evil.  To be fair, he was bullied pretty badly for a while and he wants revenge on the popular kids.  But the manner of his revenge was harsh.  Tress, bless her, she tried so hard in this book.  And yes, she made up for a lot.  She's a very interesting character to read from and follow and I'm really glad I finished this duology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

eeeeva's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Drug use

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Vomit, Dementia, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, and Death of parent

iwillendyouinc's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Addiction, Torture, Murder, and Alcohol