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Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell

14 reviews

disguisedposer'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

Absolutely loved this and it's going to stick with me for a while. I highly recommend that you listen to the audiobook version because the narrator doing the different voices I think created 85% of the creepy factor. The story itself was probably pretty creepy on its own, but the VOICES! 😳😳😳 If you had told me prior to this year that I would enjoy and recommend an audiobook over reading I'd have said you were delusional, but here we are! Narration is 4.5*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Child death, Mental illness, Gore, Violence, Gaslighting, Body horror, Cultural appropriation, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

keiraonyxraven's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Miscarriage, Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

monkeymouse113's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, Vomit, Gore, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Violence, Gore, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Pregnancy, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

zapzap9000's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Child death, Colonisation, Miscarriage, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Torture, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Vomit

owlribbon's review

• Strong character development? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

dcolligan88's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Violence, Child death, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, and Blood

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I had a lot of hope for Stolen Tongues starting out, and I really do think the first 20% of the book was super strong and had some genuinely scary moments sprinkled throughout. I haven’t often had books legitimately scare me but the first bit was very freaky. 

My few problems with this novel where the repetition near the home stretch, lack of communication between characters (tbh neither of our main characters where likable at all in my opinion and Felix really came off as a pseudo intellectual), as well as a pretty low impact ending considering the huge build up. Generally this book could of really benefited from an editor because it was just way too long to be saying the same things over and over. 

I will say, however, there was some very scary and unnerving moments that made the read worth it for me. I think that the common remark I’m seeing is “this is a really good creepy pasta but just an okay novel” and again, I think an editor could’ve really taken this to another level. 

Fun read, and worth the time spent even though I did finish slightly underwhelmed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Miscarriage, Violence, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Stalking, and Child death

amelia_d's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I found this a really gripping read, and the first half in particular I found very creepy!
I think it got a little repetitive after a while and thought the 2nd half wasn't as strong as the 1st but overall I really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Death, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Self harm, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit