Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy

6 reviews

historyoftape's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

A really fun read. Took me a bit to get into because I don't usually read books in German, but once I was in I was locked in. Witty banter, funny narration, terrible monsters and monsters posing as men, a child protagonist surrounded by adults who are questioning whether she should even be involved- with the life threatening bits and violence and all that.
Thoroughly enjoyed myself reading this, liked the twist at the end and am looking forward to reading more from this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

sylvilel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Murder

breamfish1138's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.75

This book contains some of the most disturbing cosmic horror since H.P. Lovecraft. Also, people get turned inside out. You know, for kids!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

literaryscouser's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a strong following for the past two book. The world is familiar yet developed beautifully through the writing. The ending is the most epic we have seen and honestly I had to take a deep breath when I had finished reading it. Each book is an amazing standalone, but within the series it make me want to rush to the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Police brutality

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

This book started to feel a lot darker, with much heavier stakes, than the first two in the series. We still get Valkyrie's conflict over using her reflection so much and missing out on her early teen years/non-magic life, but we also start to get more hints about China's shady past with the Diablerie and Skulduggery's potentially evil past deeds too. Even on reread the final plot twist

with the reveal of Batu

surprised me, though I'm not sure how I feel about it beyond the successful shock. The violence started to feel less campy and more gritty, and a few scenes

particularly the short one where a Diablerie member cuts off his arm to avoid possession by a Faceless One

actually made me clench my teeth. And the cliffhanger ending

with Skulduggery and Valkyrie separated and shifting alliances determining Valkyrie's next steps

set up Dark Days really well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Stalking

breezer's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

This one is so much more intense than 1/2 and is probably the best of the first three.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent