Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Divinos Rivais by Rebecca Ross

46 reviews

meganm1587's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail

himpersonal's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is one of the best cliffhangers I've read this year.

I NEED these typewriters for myself and my true love too 😂 That is the sexiest romantic game I can think of to do with my partner.

Can't wait to read the sequel!

Update: read the sequel, and it was very good. These two should be read in sequence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

typewritersandteacups's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, War

Moderate: Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content

kshertz's review against another edition

4.5

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I felt like it was a little bit of a slow start to try to get to know the characters and the worldbuilding, but as soon as I saw the two characters and their connection I was able to fully immerse in the story. Then I never wanted the story to end. The male characters love for the female character was absolutely to die for. I loved watching them fall in love and I loved all the commentary. I enjoyed watching them, make each other better and there was a great payoff when they finally admitted to being in love with each other. I will probably read the second book. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

chi__'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, Death of parent, War

Minor: Sexism, Sexual content

zeitfensterr's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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: Complicated

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my heart is broken :( I love Iris and Roman and I love Atti and Marisol (don't know how their names are written) just as much :(( gotta read the second volume asap, because that cliffhanger will actually destroy me otherwise

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

reading__redhead's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

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(Potential) Highlight of the year! The first book where I really wanted to annotate, but I’d love to read to English version and annotate that one!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Classism

thoughtsontomes's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death of parent, War

abicaro17's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Holy shit..... Well Rebecca Ross it's on sight girl! Iris is a reporter competing for a columnist spot against fellow reporter, Roman. As Iris writes letter to her brother who's away at war, she tucks them away inside her closet. These letter end up in the hands of her rival, Roman, who begins to write her back. As war tears across the country and propaganda and misinformation reigns supreme, Iris and Roman create a magical friendship through letters. I adore this story! It's just magical enough to be not realistic but not too crazy as to be hard to understand and follow. Iris is a strong and yet logical and likable character. She makes normal choices and thinks through her issues before jumping into action. Roman is adorable and this conclusion makes me mad af. Like gotta go read Ruthless Vows brb. My only issue with this book is that the start is slow and the world building isn't explained very well until later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

filipa_maia's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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: Complicated

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This book was such a surprise! I was not expecting to become so invested in this characters and a story about war.

I like how strong Iris is, I like how fearless Kitt is, I like Attie, and Marisol - this book has bunch of interesting and unique characters.

I loved all the twists and turns the plot took, just when I thought I had everything figured out, something completely blindsided me and I was caught of guard.

I can't wait to read the second book, find out more about these Gods, about Forest and how it will all end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol