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Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

61 reviews

athenap92's review

dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence

erica_reads_things's review

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? Yes

5.0

Holy fucking shit. One of the best horror novels that I have ever read, period. Loved the themes, loved the characters, loved the voice, loved the pacing. Loved everything, absolutely no notes. I enjoyed the gore, the plot, the twists, the dark humor, the grounding themes of women, aging, losing yourself and finding yourself. Phenomenonal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

emilythebarwench's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

I'm not necssarily a horror fan, but I sailed through this book and couldn't put it down. Would recommend! Quite graphic however..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

rebrosecca's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? Yes

4.5

 Disturbing in all the right and wrong ways. I was surprised to learn the author was male considering the main character and 99% of the plot is pre-menopausal women issues. In the end, though, it makes a lot of sense. The misogyny is heavy. The horror is gruesome and uncomfortable. The humor is morbid. The way he paired legit issues about society's portrayal of aging women with gritty, in-your-face violence was unexpectedly confronting. The making of the monsters in this book is chilling and leaves you unsure if the ending is a victory or justice has gotten out of hand. If you want to read something that feels like Stephen King but includes violence against women, this is a solid pick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

kaitlouise94's review

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

saccharinewoe's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

something about this book made me feel so much dread at times i was holding my breath, especially with the paranormal stuff lol. had great pacing and was written really well. it was nice to read about an MC that's an older perimenopausal woman (

even if she's got a serial killer in her head

)... i feel like those experiences are often shoved aside or talked about in hush because of how much shame is (unfortunately) tied to aging - which was definitely one of the base motifs in this. i really enjoyed this book a lot and was gagged to the very end lol like it kept me guessing! of course, i would've liked it if it came from the voice of a middle-aged women but as the afterword said - i hope this does open up these conversations so there's more appreciation of that life period for women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

wyabook234's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Ableism, Medical content, and Kidnapping

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It was a good and interesting story that did keep me engaged but it got a little too weird for my taste (almost to the point of being "silly").

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

brea's review

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

sonygaystation's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Holy motherfucking shit. This book hit exactly right in all the places it wanted to hit. I was NOT expecting a cis man to be able to do this kind of exploration of female rage and gender but holy shit. I’m in love with this book. I had so much fun through all the nasty humans and gore, and I LOVED Mary and her aunt even though her aunt is the absolute worst human and Mary herself needs some work. But damn y’all Nat Cassidy did the thing because despite being 20 years younger than the MC, I related so much to her. Also it just makes my year when I can find genuine horror that’s not only good but ACTUALLY has in depth commentary and metaphors and doesn’t lazily rely on mental illness and its bastardization. I loved this to pieces. Seriously. I’m about to tell everyone I know to pick this up, Listen to this via audiobook cuz omg Susan Bennett does not hold back!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Excrement, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Deportation