Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

71 reviews

raekit's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Smart and dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, and Blood

ashtheaudiomancer's review against another edition

4.0

This has been on my list for ages. I generally like Sarah Gailey, and while I still think "Just Like Home" is their best work, this was definitely an enjoyable, challenging one. What do you do if your no-good husband cheats on you with a clone OF you? Neat twist on a classic thriller trope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Pregnancy and Gaslighting

dejaghoul's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

Sucked me in from the very first pages and did not let go. A story deeply about abuse but which rarely shows the abuse, about the ways women twist themselves to fit into and evade what patriarchal systems demand of them, about tending to the hurt child inside of you, about personhood and the lack thereof. It was not what I expected but better than what I hoped, and I am now on a mission to make as many people read it as possible so we can discuss and cry about trauma. Thank you to the bookstore employee who recommended it to me because I never would have found it otherwise and am so much the better for it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

hannahmartinez's review against another edition

2.0

Deeply unpleasant to read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rhall19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Minor: Child abuse

sparklefarm's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Not at one point did I know where this was going.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Murder

escapinginpaper's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Abortion, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol

skillwithaquill's review

4.25

I devoured this book and I absolutely loved it. The pace, the narrative, the science fiction mixed with true-life trauma, and CLONES!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

jojo_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, and Pregnancy