Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Ring Shout: Nuestro cántico by P. Djèlí Clark

248 reviews

willow1113's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Body horror, Death, Racial slurs, Blood, Animal death, and Gore

renjessc's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, and Body horror

natahoochie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.75

BONKERS premise. Great read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Racism, Murder, Racial slurs, War, Gore, Death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content

notapenguin's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Racism, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery

cady11's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Body horror

stephaniediane07's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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: Racism, Murder, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Slavery

sadiejayne3426's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This genre isn’t usually my speed but I am so glad I read it! The prose style is simple, powerful, and beautiful. The use of dialect and imagery gives such a great window into this world and these lovable characters. I felt like I was reading a folk tale, an epic, and a high art piece all at once. The body horror and gore was done tastefully — it was shocking and gruesome without being unreadable for my squeamish self. My biggest critique is that it was almost too fast-paced for my liking and I would have really liked to see a deeper dive into the characters and the world building. I did love it though, and would totally read a sequel if one ever comes about!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Hate crime, Racism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, Genocide, Torture, Death, Body horror, and Death of parent

ashleytalksbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

The horror, the social commentary, the history. Everything about this book was amazing. I could not stop listening to it until I finished it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Body horror, Gore, Slavery, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

thebustadotjpg's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring 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

4.5

The protagonist literally fights the Final Boss of Racism with a magic sword. Come on man. This rocks.

Never before have I devoured a book as voraciously as this. I picked this up on a whim from the book store just because the cover went hard and this buzzer beater just stealthily snuck into my favorite reads of the year. Clark takes full advantage of first person narration that totally immerses you in Maryse’s world, where racism and hate turn people into demons and wretched lovecraftian horrors made of a million mouths and slithering, sentient meat. The supernatural elements here are way more prominent than I expected but I’m welcoming it. Clark’s ability to pack such a strong narrative into just 180 pages is absolutely incredible. Not an ounce of fat on this thing. At such a short length there’s no reason to pass this up if you like horror or maybe historical fiction that gets a little weird with it, as long as you’re okay with some nightmarish visuals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Racism and Hate crime

likeagilmoregirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, and Body horror