Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Every Dead Thing by John Connolly

7 reviews

auliarach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Violence, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, and Gore

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Racism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

noonjinx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

I chanced across a later volume in Connolly's Charlie Parker series last month and enjoyed it enough to go out and find this one (number one).

This is a first person hard boiled detective story with a hint of the supernatural about it (not much, just a hint).

Connolly writes a rollicking good story and isn't afraid to use some poetic language which makes his books a pleasure to read. You don't get sunsets in a Connolly novel, you get day bleeding into night. The plotting, pacing, characters, dialogue and action sequences are all great.

The tone of this one is *very* dark and the murders are particularly grisly (more grisly than I needed but not enough to put me off). I already have volumes two and three lined up but may need something lighter first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Gore

emperorxzee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use

featherreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

amyel1zabeth's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Gun violence

theneverendingtbr's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

Well I absolutely loved this first book in the Charlie Parker series, Connolly is such a great author, especially writing dark and mysterious material - can't believe this was my first ever read of his - I guess you've got to start somewhere though.

This book was so brutal so I'd recommend to mature readers only because it contains a lot of torture, killing and worse.

I kept forgetting who was who though, because there's so many characters; the main character though is very likeable.

If you're into psychological crime thrillers that are full of suspense, gore and keep you guessing what's going to happen next and Whodunnit...then this is for you! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, and Torture