Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power

35 reviews

artzea's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book got me out of a reading slump. It has a great use of mystery and family trauma (which is very well written and feels very real).

A quick read. A touch repetitive at times and a tad slow in the middle, but the ending and story conclusion is worth it. Excellent context clues and use of foreshadowing.

Also a beautiful cover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

fanboyriot's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

Read For:

Small Town

Creepy Vibes

Family Secrets

Mommy Issues

Supernatural Elements

Margot grew up with her mom reminding her it was them against the world; they didn’t need anyone else.  Growing up in an emotionally unstable and abusive household she looks for other family only to find her grandmother's number.  Looking for answers and a link to the comforting family she craved she sneaks away to visit a grandmother she had never met.  The small town isn’t what she expected and the answers she gets are far from comforting.  Maybe it would have been better if she never went to begin with.

This book still has me questioning what I just read.  I have so many questions about the last few chapters.  I read this in a buddy read and we both seemed to have the same questions only to get to the end and never learn the answers to them.

I really did enjoy this book though.  The writing style of the majority of this book was so good, that it was intriguing and entertaining.  The author did such an amazing job with the setting of this book, bringing in the creepy vibes of a small town and unknown family secrets that left me wanting to read the next chapter.  However, it kinda lost me with most of the supernatural elements, I think the idea could have been better if it wasn't such an open-ended/rushed ending.  I’ve noticed this with this author's work before so maybe it's just her writing style or something.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ (4/5)

Release Date: 07, July 2020

POV: First Person

Spice: n/a

Rep: Lesbian (MC)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Abandonment, Body horror, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion, Child death, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Infertility

eeriekeri's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Horrifying, claustrophobic.

The supernatural, the gore. It's nothing compared to the choking feeling that suffuses every conversation between mother and daughter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Vomit, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy and Abortion

frogsinacoat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion

cthulhussy's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment and Vomit

Minor: Abortion and Body horror

allisonsmith120's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

grrrlbrarian's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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 almost hit DNF about halfway through and kind of wish I had. Margot as a narrator is so melodramatic about everything, it made it difficult to care about anything in the story. The audiobook narrator was also giving it 100% on the emotional scale at all times, which again just felt like too much. I enjoyed the premise and the building tension through the story, as well as the lush and sometimes disturbing descriptions. The ending just felt like it belonged to a different story, there were too many loose ends and questions still remaining for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Body horror, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Pregnancy, Violence, Gun violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Abortion and Confinement

noahh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy

thewrongkenna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Generational trauma who? 

Wasn’t sure where this was headed but in true Rory power style, BODY HORROR is where is was headed. 

Super creepy spooky and weird. 

Pacing was a bit weird, especially at the start. The last half I couldn’t put down though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

directorpurry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion