Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater

5 reviews

lroseb's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

g_monaghan's review

dark emotional fast-paced

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

1.5

This was very close to being dnf'ed for me but a sense of morbid curiosity made me keep reading, no shade to the author but this book made me feel ill and grimy, i thought this was going to be a sapphic tale of obsession and whodunnit but that wasnt the case. The main character was actually vile, her personality of "I'm not like other girls" wore thin quickly and her fascination with the violent death of the person she is obsessed with was so unpleasant to read, I may have excused it if she was literally unhinged but the sad and pathetic relationship she has with that weirdo at the train station showed that she is in fact a normal boring and uninteresting person who delights in exploiting and feeding off the misery of others.
The opening starts with the main character going to a serial killer podcast and judging the other people in line for liking the 'stereotypical ones' that says it all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Body horror

isb_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

Wow. Just wow. This book was an unnerving, grotesque, intriguing, mind-effing wonder. I felt so deeply connected to the characters that it was easy to slip into the dark world Alice Slater has created here. Obsession is a powerful thing, and this book will not soon leave my mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Eating disorder, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

norwegianforestreader's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

annamorgan27's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder