Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

388 reviews

jocauliflower's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

my god this is an incredible book, will recommend this for people who wont take my advice to not read the troop by nick cutter (or who really want to but want to build up to it) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Vomit

dielesemotte's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Collecting my thoughts on this one is hard. I loved the characters and how real and flawed they were. I loved the writing style as well. There were so many sentences in there that were simple, but hit me so hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Vomit, Body horror, and Gore

nicosta_music's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I feel like Wilder Girls is being done a disservice by being marketed as Lord of the Flies but with girls. Both books involve one gender of schoolchildren being stuck on an island, but the similarities stop there. And speaking as someone who hated Lord of the Flies: thank god that they do. 

Wilder Girls was a truly exciting read -- the plot kept me hooked the entire way through, and the characters were interesting and engaging. I thought the world-building was interesting and the different twists were essential in continuously raising stakes throughout the book. I think my only complaint is that

the ending does feel a bit underwhelming. It sort of leaves the book open to a sequel, but not enough so that I felt it was a good ending. It reads more like the author just didn't know how to end the book so it was left ambiguous.

But besides that, I still thoroughly enjoyed Wilder Girls, and it definitely defied my expectations in a good way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Terminal illness, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Gun violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, and Confinement

Minor: Torture and Vomit

theotherlindsay's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Violence

alsira98's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Ableism

royalrainboww's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

princemackerel's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

ultimately enjoyed the girls' relationships 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror

ame_why's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Suicide, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death of parent, and Body horror

jemjem04's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Animal death, Medical content, and Suicide

sweetxsage's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Suicide, Death, and Chronic illness