Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

4 reviews

esophagus18's review

challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

absolutely beautiful depictions of the horrors that are being a woman

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Excrement, Vomit, Mental illness, Sexual content, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Gore, Medical content, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Medical content, Terminal illness, Grief, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

woweewhoa's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

This is a weighed review because if Especially Heinous was on its own, I'd rate it 5 Stars. The writing is haunting and the way it describes things is very vivid. I enjoyed it a lot!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

gm_vak's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Gore, Drug use, Gaslighting, Self harm, Animal death, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal cruelty