Reviews tagging 'Death'

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

30 reviews

juan_adhd_reading'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

4.0

So what if she’s the Devil? At least the Devil has a JOB. At least she’s ACTIVE in the COMMUNITY!

Seriously, this book had me stressed since before the supernatural things even started happening. This book was an excellent insight at the elitist and cutthroat world that is ballet. This book was filled with terrible characters and I LOVED IT!!! This was a villain origin story in which ambition may have gotten the best of Laure, desperate to climb to the top, to the point where she was willing to sacrifice her own soul (and even worse, her ability to dance!). I loved seeing everyone who was horrible to Laure get what they deserved, and watching Laure slowly become corrupted by her newfound powers. My only complaint would be the pacing, which was slow at times, but I’m really excited to see how the story escalates in the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Self harm

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Classism, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

thethingwithfeathers's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Racism, Gore, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Body horror, Classism, and Emotional abuse

styxx's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Murder, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Bullying, Body shaming, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abandonment

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

A highly competitive field with unhinged female characters? Sign me the eff up. It's the "good for her" meme in book format. I've read books featuring ballet before so a lot of the terms were familiar to me but none of it would alienate readers who are unfamiliar especially if you love a good story about teen girls giving in to their dark side and monsters who grant corrupt wishes. Very Black Swan-esque and the narrator, Kristolyn Lloyd did an amazing job putting in emotion into the dialogue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Classism, Body shaming, and Racism

Minor: Vomit

pagesandtales's review

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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Racism, Classism, and Bullying

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment

islesbiyana's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Toxic friendship, Classism, Bullying, Racism, and Self harm

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment

evelynyle_88'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Racism, Classism, and Bullying

Minor: Vomit and Abandonment

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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: Death, Blood, Abandonment, Torture, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, and Classism

Minor: Self harm and Vomit

bubblybelle's review

adventurous challenging 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

this was a fantastic villain origin story that provided very insightful commentary on the toxicity and racism that pervade the entertainment industry. definitely some weird pacing in the first half and a couple of minor plot holes in my opinion, but overall, a wonderfully spooky read and incredible debut. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gore, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Classism and Abandonment

nadiajohnsonbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic friendship, Classism, Blood, and Bullying

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Death