Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le

4 reviews

booknerdery's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Colonisation, Child death, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death and Cancer

linhsreadinghour's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Finally a fantasy book inspired by Vietnamese culture and written by a Vietnamese author.

I loved this, the representation and worldbuilding was so easy to understand. It was great to see my culture represented in a fantasy world, I loved it. Very apt homage to Vietnamese culture in so many ways.  

Inspired by Vietnamese culture, this book has such a unique medical/biological magic system, murder mystery, tension and small romance subplot. It’s underpinned by themes of continuing one’s family legacy and identity. 

I enjoyed this so much, a great YA fantasy novel. I was gripped and intrigued throughout the story. Need the second book soon because cliffhanger is HANGING 😫

Check TW warnings though, lots of medical content - if you’re squeamish, take care reading this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Medical content, Child death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Colonisation, and Grief

devynreadsnovels's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Genocide, Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, War, Gore, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Emotional abuse

shimmeringice's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

One of the coolest depictions of blood magic I've ever read, set in vaguely 1920s steampunk-y SE Asia. I wish I loved the characters and their relationships more, but this was an incredibly solid debut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Trafficking

Moderate: Colonisation, Death of parent, Child death, Chronic illness, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Animal death