Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

20 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Death, Torture, Blood, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Pregnancy, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Police brutality

mayachuchu13's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Everything was great. Love the story, romance, plot twists. All of it was well thought-out and the MC is so likable, I was rooting for her since chapter one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gaslighting, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Gun violence

Only two confusing things (#2 is a spoiler): 1. If Bri literally has magic powers it’s kinda stupid how she has this “there’s no such thing as magic!” attitude every time she learns something new. You literally grew up with magic powers, why are you so doubtful of witches and spells??

2. At the end when Hecate save Bri, why couldn’t she have come before the mom died??? What triggers Hecate and why was that trigger so late??? I hope it’s answered in book 2 T-T

notsobinaryart's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Toxic friendship and Animal death

diamondpwrites's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Gore, Cursing, Body horror, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

thatenbyisisreads's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? No

4.5

Upon reading the acknowledgment of the book, I absolutely adored Kalynn's wholesome inspiration that came from her childhood that helped bring this fantasy to life. I'm so grateful for her love of plants because this book got me fired up. I'm anxious to start the second book tomorrow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Death of parent, and Murder

benezorus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, Blood, and Body horror

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Grief and Gore

Minor: Cursing, Racism, and Pregnancy

headinthepages's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Violence

I loved this book!! I loved the combination of mythology and plant magic. Loved that the real world problems of any family were included to make this feel like a really contemporary fantasy. I loved the elements of humour and loved the conversations and interactions between people. I will for sure be reading book 2!!

shaipanda's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

I absolutely loved this 
Despite having read Cinderella is Dead by the same author, I did not expect how dark and horror ish the end of this book gets 
I think if it had less of that horror aspect at the end it would have been a 5 star read for me but it really fucked me up the way it was lol 
Otherwise amazing tho and if like/don’t mind horror would 100% recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Torture, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Violence

meaghanelizabook's review

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Physical abuse