Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

A Toca das Raposas by Nora Sakavic

21 reviews

anna_bookwormt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Body horror, Death of parent, Homophobia, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Self harm, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Child abuse, Rape, Violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

dlsmk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

Please be aware there are slurs used in this book. A majority of the time the coach uses the r slur. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Sexual assault, Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

katanai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

the ending … left me on such a cliffhanger. cant wait to pick up the next book of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Rape

the R word is used a bit by the coach as well as the F slur by a teammate.

usually_sleep_deprived's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

ashleycmms'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Ableism, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, and Homophobia

star_witch's review against another edition

dark funny tense

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

4.0

I loved it. 

Seth's death was a plot device. Change my mind. You can't cause I'm right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Abandonment, and Alcohol

trinitydej's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

listen… i wish i didn’t love this series as much as i do but! not for the faint of heart (can be triggering as hell) and some of the writing is…. not good but the characters really get you into the storyline

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Torture, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Addiction

wynterymess's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense 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: Abandonment, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

folded_between_pages_of_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Body horror, Drug use, Murder, Alcohol, and Suicide

theincrediblesulk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I was so fascinated through this entire book. I couldn't stop reading. It was delightfully tense and the complexity of the characters was riveting. Despite the huge ensemble, none of them felt tropey or 1 dimensional so much as not explored as of yet. Not much happens in terms of plot in this book, but  not in a lackluster way. It very much just felt like a precursor to everything, the "calm" before the storm. The character dynamics are explored in depth and there's a great amount of variety and nuance to them. I'm eager to know more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Homophobia