Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Una cabeza llena de fantasmas by Paul Tremblay

55 reviews

foiblesandfiction's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

0.25

 i finish this book feeling both heartbroken and enraged.

another supposed horror story that leans its entire weight on villainizing mental illness and, in this case, that of a child, a girl.

fuck you, paul tremblay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Body horror, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Child abuse

abbygcarter08's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual content, and Vomit

joohd_73's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

Normally I’d hate a book with a vague ending; I like all the loose ends to be tied up in a neat little bow at the end. This is the very epitome of a book with an unclear and vague ending. The narrator (as well as every other character in the book) is wildly unreliable, so by the end, you really have no idea what events actually took place and what events were lies or stories told by the characters.  The true horror of this book isn’t the expected vivid/ graphic imagery of other possession-based novels; instead, the most horrifying aspect of this book is how most of the events in the book could happen. This book left me with a pit in my stomach after reading it, and I absolutely loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Religious bigotry

corpseparty's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

Wow this book blew me away!! A tense story with an unexpected ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, and Sexual content

dromedaryreader's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really loved this book. My favorite of the year so far. The dialogue is great and the story flows very well. Wasn't a fan of the blog post style writing in a few chapters or else it would be 5 stars. Overall so good and I love that the ending is so open to interpretation that most people disagree about who is really the one at fault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Violence, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse

angryoppossum's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Self harm, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Murder and Sexual content

fate_of_ansley's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Murder, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, and Death

kat_chillinthrillin's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Body horror, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Suicide, Vomit, Blood, Excrement, and Mental illness

readbycarina's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Mental illness

ashleyalyse's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

Minor: Excrement