Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

17 reviews

aguattery's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-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? No

5.0

Love, love, loved reading this. It was touching, sad, and emotional in all the right ways. I was so invested in the characters and was constantly holding my breath to see what would happen at every turn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, Slavery, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood and Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, and War

Minor: Animal death

kdippel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, Confinement, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, and Hate crime

Moderate: Blood, Trafficking, Torture, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, and Pregnancy

inhale_exhale_read's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 Wow, this was brutal at times to read (trigger warnings for just about everything), but it was such an incredible story. I kind of wish that I had read the Author's Note first, instead of at the end, because she talks about the true stories that inspired her writing and how she started researching. This book was fast-paced with incredibly well-developed characters and a world that is described with such meticulous detail that you will be surprised when you look up from your book and realize you are actually just sitting in your living room. Even though it is painful at times to read, the stories of these characters are so, so important. I would love it if the author would turn this into a multi-generational series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Infidelity, and Misogyny

booksbykb's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, and Physical abuse

katjoyphil's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

spellboundchapters's review against another edition

dnf p.156/288
I don't think this is a bad book, it just wasn't for me !
The beginning of the story was really fast and I was really enjoying it, even though I wished that it went a little slower. But then I hit a point where everything felt very slow and repetitive. All the characters outside of Pheby seemed one dimensional.
There was also a lot of graphic violence and I felt like I was just reading a succession of rape scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Excrement, and Vomit