Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman

4 reviews

bookishtraveler's review

I love Gaiman but this collection of short stories just kept getting darker and darker.  I stopped at the one with child sexual violence and abuse.  I might pick it up again but it came on the heels of dnfing "Earthlings" for the same reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pedophilia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Child abuse, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Body horror, Self harm, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Drug use, Slavery, and Trafficking

iono's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Sexual content, Body horror, War, Death, and Murder

Minor: Incest, Rape, Misogyny, Trafficking, and Child death

naomi_k's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual content

Minor: Cannibalism, Incest, Blood, Child death, Torture, Pedophilia, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

owls_rainbow's review

There were some short stories I liked, others I detested and felt like violations of nature.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Rape

Sex with non-humans