Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

72 reviews

hdoomk's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Medical content, Body horror, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Murder, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

lotasoler's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Torture, Grief, Gore, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Drug use, Murder, Stalking, Body horror, Blood, Classism, Sexism, Drug abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Vomit

claire_perry20's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I guessed the plot twist in the first quarter of the book, but then I reminded myself this is a book for young adult readers. It was really annoying for me, as a social worker, to have the protagonist and the authors note at the end embellish the fact that the victims were daughters, mothers, sisters, etc because I think their personhood isn’t contingent upon relation to others but that’s a me problem. I can appreciate a female protagonist who is tough and feminine but the author doesn’t seem to understand the show don’t tell concept. Audrey Rose said it several times throughout the book. Took me a long time to get through because it moved slowly and got boring but I could understand why people liked it. Just not for me and I don’t think I’ll read more of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Death of parent

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Despite how tricky the premise is, it is much more respectful than you think it would be. The romance is a bit trite, but it does become quite sweet over time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Stalking, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Sexism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, and Cultural appropriation

Beware of dismemberment, prostitution, abuse of prostitutes, fear of disease, whorephobia, poverty, and death of a sibling.

xenikoo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It took me a while to get into this book but I couldn’t put it down! The descriptions & some pictures are so creepy but I really enjoyed the writing. The ending definitely made up for the slow start!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, Drug use, Blood, Death, Medical content, Body horror, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Death of parent, Gore, and Drug abuse

iseefirede's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Body horror, Stalking, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, and Terminal illness

Minor: Vomit, Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Stalking

m4evzie's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious 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? No

3.0

3/5 stars.
first half was so booooooooring and cluttered with info! and the author cant write a good empowering female character for shit bro
😭 audrey is just so “i'm not like other girls!" and her character doesnt seem to have a unique trait whatsoever? and its just too unrealistic, i swear.
what a way to start 2024 i guess.
i mean, for a bit, the plot was intriguing and i was engaged with it by the 60% mark, but the ending disappointed me too much.
thomas was a fun character tho, not particularly well-written, but he’s charming and quick-witted and probably has adhd a.k.a i like him the best bc hes just so me.
props to this book for giving us absolutely nothing!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Murder, Body horror, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Sexism, Misogyny, and Hate crime

Moderate: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Terminal illness and Vomit

koerli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Sehr guter kriminal Roman mit mal wieder starken Charakteren. Sehr geschickt die Details mit eingesponnen. Das Ende habe ich dennoch nicht kommen sehen. Lediglich, das versteifen auf dem Vater als Mörder von ihr war zu viel, da musste was falsch sein. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Death, Violence, Body horror, Hate crime, and Blood

fiolud's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Murder, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Body horror, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Sexism, Alcoholism, Addiction, Cannibalism, and Suicide

abbypeekreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, Medical content, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Death of parent