Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

El sótano by Natasha Preston

6 reviews

sammirosewater's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

unprepossesin's review against another edition

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? No

2.75

the book is definitely what it is- a wattpad story on paper. It is fast paced, barely details, and unable to get attached to most characters. It could have been edited a bit better, details couldve been fed to the audience instead of thrown together. I definitely feel like it is half baked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Incest, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Misogyny, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Grief, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

is it worth a read? i would say if you are bored

car3b3ar's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Body horror, and Physical abuse

jonesroni638's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, Death, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Gore, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

bellbell's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

riyket75's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Honestly this book was really really good. It may be the fact that I finished it at 1 in the morning but I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. It's the type of book that makes me afraid to walk to the bathroom in the dark and that it something that I love. 

This book may have some major plot holes and grammar errors, and yeah, it read like a wattpad book, but I still loved it. The characters were well built in my opinion, and I loved the flashbacks and the insight that I was given with them like

Rose is Shannen, the girl Clover wanted to marry

. I enjoyed seeing what was happening with the other people and what had happened to lead up to everything. I felt as though I really knew the a lot of the characters and understood why they were did what they were doing. The one thing that I wish I could've had was more of her relationship with her family, not just her boyfriend but it wasn't that big of a deal.

Overall:

goods: 
- characters
- thriller aspect
- psychological aspect that become apparent as I read
- multiple points of view
- flashbacks from multiple characters

bads:
- plot holes

a pocket knife can't kill someone by stabbing them once....

- grammar issues, but it wasn't horrid
- how mental health was discussed
     "No one's that OCD" ummm yeah they can be actually 

Overall I would rate this a solid 4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Stalking