Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

31 reviews

the_tridentarii's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Grief, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Homophobia

malley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, and Blood

Minor: Addiction, Vomit, Trafficking, and Alcohol

purplatypus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Trafficking, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

books_and_fairy_lights's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

It was good, I can't say I didn't like it. I read it pretty fast and got somewhat into it because I really wanted to know what had happened in the past and what was gonna happen now. The story was well built, in that it really kept the reader wondering while still getting some answers. That part was great. The story was also quite original I think, or at least I don't think I've ever seen anything else with book eaters or anything close to that (which is actually quite surprising, thinking about it). So yeah it was a good book. However, it was often "too obvious" for me. Like it was very often trying to make a point/give a lesson/preach some point of view - and I'm not saying it was wrong in its ideas, it just didn't leave much room for nuance in those instances. Ironically I found it very black and white, for a book that was advocating that "things are more complicated than they seem" and "there's no good and bad" it made a heavy emphasis on what it considered "the right idea" and didn't really let the readers decide for themselves. Also, the whole "life isn't a fairytale" thing was really lacking in subtlety in my opinion. In addition to being (sorry if it's harsh) unoriginal, it was also very heavy and expressed too forcefully for me. Like, of course life isn't a fairytale, and I'm the first person to agree with the fact that reality is brutal and full of disappointment and disillusion, but you don't have to say it so plainly. In fact, I think that a less obvious, more subtle way of making it clear (through hints and ideas and metaphors and what not) is way more efficient than just saying it like that. It gives more room for people to interpret it in a way that resonates with their own feelings and experiences.

Anyway, although not groundbreaking, it overall was a nice read and I'm glad to have read it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

amiegold's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

The book Eaters is a dark, wild ride!  A mother and her 5 year old 'mind eating' son embark on a long and painful journey to find a cure for his mind eating that will let him live in the human world without being a danger to others.  It opens with Devon in a large manor and being raised as a princess.  But, we soon feel that there is a dark, underlying motive for everything around her.  I felt like it was almost a literary horror, if that is a thing.  It explored the idea that people in fairytales may not have it as good as we always thought.  Princesses, arranged marriages, and being raised to produce an 'heir' are all things out of our real-life history.  However, in Book Eaters, she takes these ideas and mixes them with a new kind of monster that is oh-so-fun to read. If you like a bit of horror mixed with introspective moments, this book would be a great fit.  It may not be the right fit if you are looking for a light or thoughtless horror.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Violence, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing and Murder

Minor: Rape

dannavarro's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

2.75

I really wanted to like this book. For starters, I was expecting something completely different so that's on me, I suppose. Based on the title & description, I fully expected to finish this book within a few days but after 3 or 4 restarts, even trying various forms of media (physical, audio, & digital), I finally forced myself to trudge through it & finish. It was slow-going & boring up to around 85% through, when it finally picked up pace. And what is it with all the books coming out now pushing gay relationships? We get it; you're woke. I'm evil & old-fashioned. Except I'm not & a whole generation of authors thinks it's something they need to feature to get that other crowd's money, I guess. Smh. Don't have to cater to sell a book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Murder

trickphoenix's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Trafficking, Car accident, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Fire/Fire injury

mlfey's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infertility, Rape, and Sexism

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I don't usually do horror or horror-adjacent and I literally just finished reading it on a dark and stormy night when I still have a touch of fever, so I need a beat before crafting a real review. It's undoubtedly fascinating, though! And the writing is lush but not overly so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Slavery, Trafficking, and Fire/Fire injury

poetry_shaman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Slavery