Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

64 reviews

pclairx's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gaslighting, Rape, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Classism, Cannibalism, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Stalking, Vomit, and Alcoholism

venuscollective's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

This book was quite the roller coaster. I hated and really liked it for so many reasons.
The book follows Patricia, a boring and bored housewife who joins a book club and starts to spend her days reading murder mysteries and keeping her home in order. Still tired of the monotony of her life, she takes interest in one James Harris, a new mysterious neighbour. The closer James gets to her and her family, the more she realises he is not what he seems. Now she has to get rid of him.

This book has a really interesting plot and even though I had to take multiple breaks, I couldn't bring myself to throw it out completely. It's not very mysterious because they tell you everything as you go. But it did have quite tense scenes.
Patricia is a very bland character. She doesn't have very much personality but that's ignorable once you get into the thick of the story. One thing I can say about her though, is that she sticks to her beliefs for most of the book. Can't say the same for her friends who were pretty damn annoying and don't even get me started on her horrible children and husband. 

One thing I hate about the book is the near romantism of violence against women and girl children. Some of the sexual assault scenes almost read like they're supposed to sexy? Horrific definitely but also sexy. Which no. The way the women are spoken to and about ny the men also grated on my nerves so much I had to keep putting the book down. I know it's period-typical but God was it annoying. Maybe it's just me

I can also say with confidence that if you're a white woman you'll probably enjoy this book way more than I did.

P.S: I recommend finding playlists for this book to listen to as you read, if you're into that kind of thing

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6EQoLe7iHdurBEoVjpI8LH?si=WgBsLTt8S7qtnhi7OYqsyw&utm_source=copy-link

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LBIpICOlL54b7tiRzRBIL?si=U8SL7eSeTNKuVqYv7UK9Iw&utm_source=copy-link

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

sambashua's review against another edition

dark funny 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Misogyny, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

hyac1nthgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

though the premise & story were entertaining, i can't get past the use of the black characters as props to carry the white savior complexes in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Cannibalism, and Racism

sunsetcity's review against another edition

challenging dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Dementia, Toxic friendship, Violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Classism, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

didireadthat's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Loved the premise of the book and couldn’t read through the end fast enough. I loved all the characters in the book. However, I did not like how the book jumped into the future. It was clear that the time laps was necessary later on, but when I got there I felt the story getting was long and I wanted to start seeing things progress a little faster (and it definitely did but I think just a little late).
I haven’t read a lot of horror so I think I missed out on a few references but the horror in the book was compelling. I definitely squirmed a few times and maybe the suspense of wanting to know the ending made me read through it so fast. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Body horror, Cannibalism, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Racism, Sexual content, Drug use, Rape, Sexism, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Dementia, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Excrement, and Toxic relationship

snowforest's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Xenophobia

abbeyreadthis's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Adult/minor relationship

emma1023's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence

harshibuvan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt