Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

32 reviews

folst015's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Rape, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, and Physical abuse

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Suicide, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gaslighting, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Confinement, Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Grief, Medical content, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Sexual assault

amartin48's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Body horror, Classism, Death, Blood, Bullying, Alcohol, Murder, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

kaelablue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

i’m finished the last 3 hours of this audiobook high and gang im gonna have to reread (also have the book #adhd) but i feel like this book has more twists and turns than anything i’ve ever read. i am quite high though. but like? the mystery was prison anna was a war criminal evelyn was the maid and also a mass murderer? and the implications of like. who is a person. and who is more or less than one? like. dimensionally. and it was also like. if u were to throw yourself into a space time loop to kill a war criminal (that killed your sibling?) would that make you evil too? like
i don’t actually know i’m not qualified to make those calculations with any sort of accuracy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Gore, and Ableism

Minor: Drug use

heoleen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

The story itself is very unique. However, I was confused throughout most of it, which is why I gave it a lower rating. It was difficult keeping track of the different characters and their personalities. The concept was good though.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fatphobia, Grief, Suicide, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Death

shaylashaylala'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Rape, Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

relativelyreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this book. It got me back into reading, so it had to be good! I loved the time jumping - it kept me entertained, as I can easily become bored. I do wish the hosts Aiden occupied had more variety - at the beginning of the book, it seemed obvious to me that he would wake in a woman’s body at some point, but lost hope of that rather quickly. Is that because the author couldn’t write from a woman’s perspective?  That’s where my mind goes, at least. I also thought the ending had way too much going on, and there were a few points where the narrator reveals he had done something earlier (recruit others to help in the graveyard, discover the killer’s true identity and trace their steps) which was confusing to me, because so far the reader had been with each host at each moment of each day. I suppose it’s necessary for a few twists, but I ultimately thought they were more distracting than shocking. So much was laid out so quickly in the end that I felt like I had whiplash; From one twist to another, it felt like a race to the finish. The fatphobia was unnecessary, as it seems many others were shocked by it as well. Overall, I would recommend this book, as I was excited by it. The writing is beautiful, Turton has a wonderful way of describing even the most mundane. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Fatphobia

bealittlebrave's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

To call this "ambitious" is such an understatement. I don't understand how anyone can even begin to layout this story and its timelines (and at this point I'm trusting blindly that they all add up correctly because I wouldn't know if he snuck one past me).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Suicide, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Addiction, Classism, Confinement, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Violence, Drug use, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Stalking

egkaetzel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was so fresh and delightful. A truly unique mystery with the vibes of Clue. I always appreciate a twist I truly don’t anticipate that also doesn’t feel contrived. Definitely worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body horror

Moderate: Drug use

zeldam's review against another edition

challenging mysterious 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

Literally one of the best books I have read in a while! The narration is incredibly clever, it keeps you on your toes up until the end and the underlying theme is also weirdly philosophical. Would definitely recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Death, Murder, Rape, Body horror, Suicide attempt, and Violence