Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Finale by Stephanie Garber

7 reviews

avie_j's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Physical abuse and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Toxic relationship and Torture

bel017's review

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

It was very entertaining. Nice to see the girls get a little agency.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Grief

amre23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Torture, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Religious bigotry, Gore, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

filipa_maia's review

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Well, this last book was kinda disappointing! The ending, itself, was good (it was what I was expecting) but the entire book was just boring.

In this third book we have mixed points of view: some chapters are from Scarlet's perspective, other from Tella's. This makes the story very interesting and a nice complement to the other books, since "Caraval" was written from Scarlet's POV and "Legendary" from Tella's.

Overall the story was good: I really appreciated knowing more about the Fates and their powers, and discovering more about Paloma's life and the secret that involves Scarlet.

My problem with this trilogy (especially with this last book) is how long it takes for the story to follow through. Although I enjoyed "Lengendary" (the second book), it sort of dragged the story was well. Maybe, if we could take out of the second and third books everything that was just "filling", this could be one of the best duologies written in the fantasy genre. "Caraval" was such a good first book that I feel that the the other two are just dragging the entire trilogy.

To summarize: this is a very nice story, with good and strong female characters, that will do everything to keep each other (and the men they love) safe. But, it good be perfectly told in just two books what would make this one of the best fantasy stories I've ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Abandonment, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Emotional abuse

katvou's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Body horror, Gore, Kidnapping, Violence, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

bookishbette's review

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

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

3.75

Solod conclusiom, very satisfied with it! I almost expected More, somehow, especially after how amazing the first book was and how the finale feels almost anti-climactic at the end, but I think it's done really well regardless, it felt like a natural course for the story, and I think it's a satisfying end! Very curious about how

the empire is going to run with Scarlett in charge when she's never seemed the type to want or thrive in leadership and wasn't ever raised or prepared to take the throne, and what exactly happens to all the Fates that just disappear (like Jacks, who does not strike me as the type to simply allow Tella and Legend to be in love after all that work he put in),

but such is life I suppose! Solid end to a solid series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, Kidnapping, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Pregnancy

folkofthebook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective medium-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? Yes

5.0

An excellent conclusion to this dreamy trilogy. It's so rare to feel this satisfied at the end of a series. I'm SO EXCITED for Jacks' upcoming book, AH!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Toxic relationship