Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

390 reviews

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

asha_m's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Sexual assault

madimoss's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, Classism, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

aliceruthmyles's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Cannibalism, Death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Body horror, and Death of parent

mald626's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Vomit, Alcoholism, Violence, and Pedophilia

thesecretbookclub's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Having read all of Ava Reid’s books, this is definitely her darkest one. It explores very interesting themes in a fairy tale like setting, and so some parts of it definitely felt like a fairy tale. I loved the plot twist at the end, and also the overall quite realistic ending

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

whitney7's review

adventurous challenging dark

5.0

😦

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Murder, Vomit, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Antisemitism

sarahd0825's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

My first Ava Reid read! She has stunning writing and imagery that can be so visceral and cerebral. I thought that for a horror-ish fantasy with brutal themes, this was a very approachable novel. I think the ending suffered from some pacing issues and that our main character kinda suffered from the plot development being furthered through her naivete but ultimately comes into her own.
CW: child abuse & child sexual assault was graphicly described on page

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Cannibalism, and Gore

conitaa's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

lukewarm_ravens's review

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

I felt like the book could have used another pass at editing. Up until the 3/4th mark, the pacing felt slow. That being said, I enjoyed it. I felt it's depiction of abuse was realistic and the ending was cathartic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Death, Cannibalism, Body horror, Blood, Xenophobia, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Misogyny