Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

389 reviews

jaykayreads's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

This story is f**ked up. Trigger warning for sexual assault, rape, child abuse, domestic abuse. The ending was good but it was hard to get through the pain and suffering of the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

mercurysflame's review

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

dark and amazing storytelling. had fun and was surprised at several different turns in the plot. the themes made me think about life in new ways sometimes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Cannibalism

rilakkumas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Incest, Eating disorder, Murder, Self harm, Cannibalism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Gore, Child abuse, and Death

letheaster's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

Absolutely loved this book. It was dark, and the ambience was incredibly well written. I haven't read a lot of gothic horror but this is making me interested in reading more. Especially around the end I couldn't make myself pause the audiobook or else I felt I would have gone insane wondering what was to happen next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Body horror, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Self harm, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Xenophobia

Minor: Incest

roanjackal's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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

5.0

This book is phenomenal, and does an amazing job of talking about abuse in the harsh ugly way it deserves. This book was emotional and enchanting. I cant wait to read more of Ava's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Racism, Misogyny, Bullying, Body shaming, and Death of parent

khushir_11's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

If I see the word breasts one more time I’m going to lose it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Sexual content, Body horror, Murder, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Addiction, Classism, Vomit, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Emotional abuse

hey_galilei's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Animal death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Self harm, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder

bcope84's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Torture, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Vomit

ceciliet's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Body horror, Gore, and Eating disorder

domigaia's review

While the prose ease beautiful, and this was so well written, I just didn’t have the stomach for this, the  body horror and gore-riness. I tried to skim read some of those parts but I couldn’t hack it.

If you are into dark books then I highly recommend but READ THE TWS. I was sad it was too intense because  she wrote and explored trauma in such a creative way, the fear that was installed in the main character got installed in ME, and just the writing itself is SO lush. If I finished it had 5 star read potential.

I look forward to reading some of Ava Reid’s less intense books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, Cannibalism, Body horror, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse