Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant

5 reviews

cameronalexxis's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide, Child death, and Vomit

willowshelter's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Homophobia, Gore, Body horror, and Death

espbear's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Colonisation, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Medical trauma, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Excrement, Self harm, War, Body horror, and Suicide

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

It was rather boring and seemingly had no plot all of part one. The most interesting part was the prologue also there was a very graphic sex scene that was not pleasurable for anybody involved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Racism, Slavery, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Sexual content

orshi999's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

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

3.0

It's a wonderfully written book with rich language. I don't have much knowlage of the Renaissance but it makes to want to read more into it. The story also doesn't exist in a vaccume depending on the characters, the characters are effected by history and the world around them. They change in accordance to that.

one thing that is uncomfortable is the portrayal of homosexual relationships. Since this of course is a historical novel it's not the most inclusive. There is a large agegap both between the main character and her husband and the husband and her brother. Also talks of SA in uncomfortable ways. It fits into the work well but it's not for everyone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Homophobia

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Suicide