Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Queen of Teeth by Hailey Piper

4 reviews

booitsnathalie's review

dark hopeful fast-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? Yes

3.0

Decent body horror novella with a lot of queer subtext. I think it tries to be about too many things and doesn't end up having coherent thoughts about any of them (transhumanism, being trans and beholden to the pharmaceutical industry, trauma from complicity with a dehumanizing corporation), but it's pretty sick when a lesbian turns into the monster from Carrion and eats Newark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

harpoonholly's review

dark funny sad 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? Yes

4.5

No one writes heartbreaking horror like Hailey Piper 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Body horror, Violence, Death, Medical trauma, and Forced institutionalization

I was waiting for the reveal that Bryant was a serial killer who just so happened to bring home a greater predator. All coincidence and only a passing acknowledgement of what the investigators found in his dungeon-like home. It wouldn't be for any great reason, I just would have liked it.

enchantressreads's review against another edition

dark 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: Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Animal death

motaki's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

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