Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Laws of the Skies by Grégoire Courtois

51 reviews

m_scrimshaw's review against another edition

2.5

Modern French literature is really does have a unique bleakness I'm sure there's a point to, but I'll be damned if I can tell you what it is. To be fair, the story is clear about it's events from the very beginning before

offing our entire cast in increasingly gruesome and unsettling ways

. A very "Dead Dove, Do Not Eat" book.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol

rhysied's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

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

4.25

Winnie the Pooh meets The Troop (minus the monster). It was heartbreaking but also surprisingly heartfelt at times. You couldn't help but feel for all of the characters, even Enzo, in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Stalking

nallelyjael's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book reminds me of Lord of the Flies. While I “enjoyed” reading it, I agree that the thoughts and actions of the children seemed way beyond their described age. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

anissawren's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

nat2r's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The writing in this book was fun to read, but aside from that...there's nothing really compelling me to recommend this to anyone 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

redtemptation's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Excrement, and Car accident

meminger's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.25

i’m just gonna list out the causes of death under the spoiler tags because i think the spoiler tags don’t give quite enough of an indicator of what you should expect. brutal book. don’t read it at work like i did.

car crash into lake, bludgeoned by a rock, throat stabbed to death, hit by a truck, poisoned by berries, drowned, beaten to death, fell off a cliff, suffocated, graphically eaten alive by a wild boar, starved to death, and an unclear violent one. also a shit ton of corpse mutilation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mandi_lea's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder