Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Books of Blood, Volumes 1-3 by Clive Barker

4 reviews

ssummar's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Infidelity, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual content, and Vomit

opossumble's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Animal death, and Blood

curtiswastaken's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

 overall great with just a few clunkers (12-15 below), overall ranking

1 Rawhead Rex
2 In the Hills, the Cities
3 Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament
4 The Midnight Meat Train
5 Dread
6 Confessions of a (Pornographer's) Shroud
7 The Yattering and Jack
8 Hell's Event
9 Pig Blood Blues
10 Scape-Goats
11 Human Remains
12 The Skins of the Fathers
13 Sons of Celluloid
14 Sex, Death and Starshine
15 New Murders in the Rue Morgue 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Gore, Body horror, Gaslighting, Child death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Slavery, Violence, Sexual content, Rape, Racism, and Sexual violence

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gore, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Excrement, Animal death, and Child death