Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Good Son by You-Jeong Jeong

5 reviews

daepyonimst's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

vonni's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Animal death, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content

whitney_walton's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

For those who enjoy reading unreliable narrators, crime thrillers or Gillian Flynn novels. Easy to read in a few days, but very dark with difficult scenes. Definitely take note of the content warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, Ableism, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Body horror, Car accident, Chronic illness, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

jayisreading's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

The Good Son is a great book to pick up if you’re a fan of twisted revenge and diving into a murderer’s psyche. What I particularly liked was Jeong’s structure of the novel. Rather than a build-up to the murder, it happens from the get-go, leaving the rest of the book to be an exploration of motive and consequences. There were a few things that I felt weren’t answered, but I also can’t tell if that was intentional or not, especially considering that this is a translation.

On that note, I would have loved to have read the original, especially to get a feel for the nuances in how these characters are speaking to one another. Unfortunately, that’s something that can’t be translated from Korean to English, but I think it would have made a pretty big impact on the overall tone.

There isn’t anything phenomenal about The Good Son that would merit it a must-read, but it kept me engaged and interested enough to get through it in a few days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent

gildedwolves's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Body horror