Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

4 reviews

this_is_lee's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book absolutely blew me away. It was nothing like what I expected, which was refreshing. I’ve never been horribly interested into fame/celebrity storylines but Alice crafted this so incredibly beautifully that I couldn’t not enjoy every minute. It has a slow start that snowballs into some breathtaking twists. 
I found this book to be so important because of the representation. Angel is a hijabi Muslim and Jimmy is not only a famous singer but is also a Transgender Christian. Reading through the perspective of these two characters came to be quite insightful. Everyone felt 3-dimensional and had real and relevant struggles. 
Overall, I learned a lot while reading this book in addition to enjoying the hell out of it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Grief, and Sexual content

clairew97's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, and Panic attacks/disorders

anniereads221's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Drug use, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Mental illness

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nostarsleftinthesky's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

14/4/22
Probably my least favourite of Alice's purely because I didn't really like most of the characters except Bliss, Jimmy and Lister (how can you not love those three honestly). I feel everyone had really good character growth, I just really disliked Angel until maybe the last 50 pages. I do have a lot to thank this book for though because it introduced me to the amazing writing of Alice back in 2019. I feel I don't connect with these characters the same way I connect with every character in all Alice's other novels and that might me why I don't enjoy this one as much - I related to Jimmy a good few times and Juliet maybe once, but at a personal level I think this story doesn't suit me as well as their other books suit me. I probably will continue to reread because I did enjoy most of this book and it's a real page turner. It just proves that I don't really need characters I connect with to enjoy a book (though that does factor into all of my all time favourites), I just need amazing prose and plot. PLEASE CHECK TEIGGER WARNINGS AS ALWAYS <3

15/4/22
not a reread but i keep reading bicci fics and i can accept that they make this review 4.5 not 4

8/8/23
God honestly this is actually magnificent in its own little way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Gore, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Transphobia, Biphobia, and Homophobia