Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Return by Rachel Harrison

50 reviews

um_nic6's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Just too slow, but incredibly creepy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement, Death, and Gaslighting

nicolestegall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. It was just what I needed - and perfect for the fall season. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Vomit

jillaay_h's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

wheeliechick's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

aparker89's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bwunitulips's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

most of the reasons i don’t think this book is better is mostly because of personal pet peeves . lack of word variation , i think the pacing at the beginning could have been better , etc . despite that , when the plot got going , i couldn’t put the book down . i read it in one night , essentially . it’s a good debut book . you can tell it’s the author’s first , but you can also tell she has potential . it was good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Gore, and Blood

3eggomelet's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I loved the characters and their friendship with one another.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Alcohol

laila4343's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Definitely creepy. Sometimes gross. I kept reading because I wanted to find out what was going on with Julie. These ladies really took too long to realize something bad was happening. The narrator was good. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

yoonka's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

thissagreads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

This book was all the things I wished it wasn’t: the main  character’s self pitying, weird and awkward moments, unresolved tension, slow paced, and a “wait huh?” Ending.

Basically there’s a friend group and Julie disappears and comes back a year later, as a vampire who can’t control her urges? And the friend closest to her -Elise- just complains and whines and pities herself throughout the ENTIRE BOOK I WANTED TO SCREAM! All the friends hate their lives, and once Elise lets Julie go into the woods to be “free” the rest survive, and try to live in the present.

This book was awful and it was a huge waste of my time that I’ll never get back. Reader be warned!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Classism