Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams

11 reviews

chaos_positive's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

very fun fantasy story with unique world building. if you ever wanted characters with the vibes of, a middle age unfazed Victorian woman researcher, a traumatized human torch, and a elf (kinda) who's whole race has (kinda) become vampires' out of "problems" with dying, this is a great place to find it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Violence, Body horror, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent, Sexual content, Chronic illness, and Confinement

Minor: Genocide and Murder

strikekalle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Of all the characters I only liked Vintage, and she didn’t get enough proper focus in my opinion as I felt Tor was annoying to read and Noon was just dull. The pacing felt too slow and too fast at the wrong times and as a result impactful scenes didn’t hit the way they should have. Toward the end it just felt like the author was leaning too hard into getting Noon and Tor together and I honestly skimmed those parts because. I could see that pairing coming a mile away and it just made me lost interest entirely when it happened. Don’t think I will be continuing the series as a result but I do admit I found the world fascinating and the Jure’lia and Winnowry were topics I definitely wanted to know more about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

uncreativeoops's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.5

This was so much fun! Like a classical high fantasy long epos I used to devour when I was younger, but with unusual worldbuilding (kinda post-apocalyptic, kinda pre-apocalyptic with different peoples that are a mix of your usual fantasy races) and characters that were kind of archetypical but at the same time a reinterpretation or subversion of their stereotypes. I especially loved Vintage (more older women as protagnists in fantasy please!!). At some moments character choices seemed heavily influenced by the fact that the author needed the character to be at a specific location just in time for a specific event so the plot could unfold as it was supposed to (which was noticeable because it didn't make much sense for the character to act like that), but it didn't took that much enjoyment from my reading. The writing was also great and I'm really excited for the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Confinement

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Self harm

breezer's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Body horror

miraclesnow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Ahhhhhhh- what a relief. I’ve been wanting to read this series for years, and it did not disappoint.

The first thing to impress me was the worldbuilding. It takes a bit to get used to as it’s unique mix of elements can be hard to wrap your head around at first, once I gelled with it everything made a lot of sense. This story feels very well thought through and I can already see the framework of how intense it’s going to be in the other two books but not being able to predict everything that’ll happen.

The characters were spectacular as well. These are my type of characters I love, flawed, annoying, absolutely lovely and just full of life. At first I wasn’t sure if I would like them all but Jen truly bamboozled me and I fell for all of them. And now I’m invested in them 🥹 
The romances were also well done for the varying amount of time each gets. 

I think there is only more to get excited about for The Bitter Twins and I can’t wait to start it. Except now, I sleep.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Terminal illness, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Blood and Violence

Minor: Self harm and Alcohol

kaziaroo's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

Do you ever love a book so much you almost wonder if it was written for you? This had everything I've ever wanted from a book. I can't wait to read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Grief, Gore, Death, Alcohol, Self harm, War, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcoholism, Genocide, Child death, and Animal death

Minor: Suicide

ijustreallyliketrees's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

While I found it slow to start with I very quickly ended up completely invested. Will be getting book 2 asap.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Sexual content and Torture

Minor: Blood and Child death

mmefish's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore and Cursing

aloeverra's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

An utterly unique story with fantastic world building and interesting races. You won't find your standard elf or dwarf in these stories and that's exactly why I loved it. The mysteries you explore throughout the book had me pumping page after page with wonder, horror, and delight.

There are some gruesome scenes in the book, mostly fantastical in nature involving

bugs crawling in bodies, and fire burning flesh

. There are also two saucy scenes though they were brief and not overly detailed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content and Religious bigotry

teaful's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Dementia, Grief, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse and Child death