Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

16 reviews

sage237's review

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Rape and Medical content

tardycreative's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death, Rape, and Murder

travelthrupages's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Rape, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

lucys_library's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment

marisabenn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This book made me into a shell of a person for a whole week. I was drained. This book is so heavy, but so so good. It was hard to read at times, but the writing is so beautiful I kept going. A unique and beautiful story from tragedy. It is graphic and hard from the very first chapter. Susie Salmon will be with me forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment

sarah_24's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

2.0

The whole book felt like I was waiting for something to happen. The last 30 pages of the book were awful, I did not feel like it lived up to what was expected. Wish I would have avoifed the book and even the movie was bleh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror