Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

No soy un serial killer by Dan Wells

18 reviews

kuhnja's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Took off just a little bit for the supernatural aspect - I think the book would have been more effective without. Regardless SUCH a good book. One of the best of the year. So spooky, heartfelt coming of age wrestling with demons baby Dahmer style cool take

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

debosmitathereader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, and Violence

phantastic's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Gore, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Ableism and Self harm

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Body horror, Death, Torture, and Bullying

marcery199's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Easily the best book of the first three books. All of them are great quick reads, but this one is really well crafted.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Body horror, Murder, and Stalking

occhilism's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Body horror

ksm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, and Body horror

monniebiloney's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Its been a while since I've finished this book (I had to get the last couple of books in the series via Inter-island Library loan) and to this day, I vividly remember the Climax of this book. It was so good. "Its My Turn" 

All the books in the John Cleaver series are amazing, and THEY ALL HAVE ENDINGS. basically, the author knows how to write a well-contained book. The books don't end on cliffhangers, everything in the book is resolved in the book it is brought up. The MC hunts 'serial killers', so as long as 'serial killers' exist, the books can go on.  

I don't know if this book counts as a horror or not, cuz you don't feel fear when reading these books. They are thrillers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Terminal illness, and Stalking

Minor: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

I cried when

the serial killer

died. I loved him, he was so nice.

The 'Serial Killer' wasn't human, or rather, was no longer human. What the blessed/cursed are is not totally explained in the first book, but future books go into detail on that. The 'magic' in these books is really nice, and I love how the MC doesn't have any super powers.