Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille

12 reviews

enika'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

lowkey highkey verstörend. ew. aber ig gut geschrieben??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

axel_p's review against another edition

dark funny 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? N/A

This book was absolutely hilarious

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

_blue_linckia's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

I would recommend it to fans of Clive Barker or Hellraiser.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

rosekent's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

This book is beyond NSFW but it's not exactly a one-handed affair, either-- reads less like a novel and more like a piss-soaked fever dream of the most deranged sex scenes someone could conjure up. I wonder if audiences 100 years ago had to stop and laugh at what can feel like gratuitous obscenity, but ultimately I enjoyed the ride and found the glimmers of Bataille's mysticism quite haunting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Stalking

ashs_ephemera's review against another edition

1.0

wtf WAS that???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness and Blood

Minor: Vomit

aevaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Blood

tcgarback's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 
Critical Score: B
Personal Score: C+
Reading Experience: 📘📘📘(3/5)

Grabbed my attention at the start and the end, lost me in the middle. Altogether too involved in its own symbolism and musings on agony and pleasure. But this is still a bomb of immorality that is as courageous as it is sleazy—as it’s meant to be, so really, they’re the same thing here.

This is fascinating to me as a piece of transgressive literature, but it’s not something that at all moved me or, given the stuff I’ve read in recent years, shocked me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

yutrobog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

keerak's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail

samuelh2020's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail