Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Hennes kropp och andra parter: berättelser by Carmen Maria Machado, Carmen Maria Machado

89 reviews

yinflower's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Sexism, Sexual violence

Minor: Rape

krispiefries's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Grief

mirasu's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Alas... Her Body and Other Parties felt sophomoric and contrived. Machado's technical skills far surpass her conceptual premises here. It's interesting to compare these stories to In the Dream House, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical trauma, Dysphoria

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault

dragongirl271's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual violence

helhas3letters's review against another edition

2.5

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria

bashsbooks's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Her Body And Other Parties taps into the horror of being seen as a woman - and emphasizes it with a fine and careful touch of the surreal. Thought-provoking and cerebral, Machado doesn't hold back on displaying the female body in all its gory glory. It is unsettling and horrifying, but in a very real and relatable way - there are no jumpscares here, only uncomfortable truths. Like all short story collections, I liked some of the stories more than others (I enjoyed "Inventory" and "Especially Heinous" the most) though they are all worth a read, as every story in this collection churned in my mind for days after reading it. I can't wait to see what Machado writes next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic

-Explicit description of a flu-like illness. -Explicit description of popping pimple-like welts.

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Gaslighting

vdparedes's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Animal death

moreadsnrambles's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Vomit, Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content

effy's review against another edition

2.75

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Firstly, I confused this book with Machado's other book so I went in with very different expectations for what this book would be. Secondly, I do not have the best history when it comes to short story collections.

I would recommend this book to people that enjoyed Growing Things & Other Stories by Paul Tremblay and / or Things We Do In the Dark by Kirsty Logan. There are definitely some recurring themes in this book which is both interesting to observe but also confusing as the narratives seem to blend into one another.

Overall, I would describe this book as weird but I found the individual stories captivating and compelling once I found my footing even if I felt confused. I would be interested to note if I felt less confused on re-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Rape, Medical trauma