Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

24 reviews

lisas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

saskiajva's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Homophobia

ra042312's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

loquitacass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Medical trauma

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ashfantastic98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia

zyannya's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

3.5

Slow to start and slow to end but the bulk of this book was so fun and engaging! The stories within the main story were the most interesting parts. Would recommend for something adventurous and not too difficult.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Body horror

neni's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed the imagery and the writing style. The fairy tale vibes gone darker were quite well done. I didn't particularly care about the main character but the plot itself followed a path that made sense for a "fairy tale" type story, and these stories normally don't have main characters that are that complex and well developed anyways.
 I really liked how dark the fairy tale retellings were and it was nice to see the main character's relationships with other people develop as he "grew up". The depiction of grief and overall of negative emotions in the eyes of the main character was also fascinating. 
Overall a cool book, a great choice if you're into fairy tales and spooky stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Homophobia

chloemakesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Deliciously scary, delightfully fantastic, solidly grounded in real appreciation for and understanding of fairy tales, this coming of age story made my heart ache and leap and pound.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, and Injury/Injury detail

niliii's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Death of parent

nicoley3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This story is an allegory about a boy named David losing his childhood innocence and being forced to grow up all too soon, told through fairy tales. 
It is definitely an adult fantasy with some mature themes and frequent violence. The darkness in it reminded me a little of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. None of the darkness or violence seemed senseless though . . . it all served the story's purpose and was symbolic, portraying David's headlong fall into adulthood. It offered me a new and interesting take on life and faith in a dying world--hope and light in conflict with darkness and despair. I may not be great at explaining what this book meant to me, but it was 100% worth the read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Blood, and Death of parent