Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison

8 reviews

ctara2123's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Murder, Child abuse, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

Minor: Eating disorder

anissawren's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, and Death

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, and Religious bigotry

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

• 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

3.5

This was a fun read, but kind of predictable

I guessed that Satan was Vesper’s father a few chapters before the reveal, and I then again guessed she was going to be sacrificed at the end

However, this was still a fun read, and I think anyone looking into getting into horror, this would be a good start! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Blood, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

tiddlerrr's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

I bought this book on a whim to keep me occupied for an afternoon train journey, which it succeeded in doing. However, I think it struggles to decide whether it is a comedy-horror or not, and personally I didn’t find it particularly scary/horrifying. After going into this blind about anything that happened I do think that’s the best way to experience it, as it is VERY predictable in places. The MC is also not likeable and I don’t think she is meant to be, however all of the progression/development/action seems to happen at the end whereas the first two thirds are largely filler. It was a decent read and kept me occupied for an afternoon, but I don’t think I’d ever read it again.

I do also think the satanic cult “twist” was a bit overdone and would have been scarier if it was a Christian cult or something else entirely. Lucifer being her absent father felt very tropey, and as a someone who is normally lover of tropes, I mean that in a bad way.

I also didn’t really understand the point of the epilogue, the whole thing just kind of…ends.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Abandonment, Kidnapping, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Grief, and Child abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual harassment, and Alcoholism

melsuke's review

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Eating disorder

plumdustsuns's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

2.5

I wished the section after she left the wedding was a bit grander. The epilogue felt a little… baseless. I wish the ending birthday party and all of that got more focus and time, especially with the family and Constance than the middle part after the wedding which meandered and wasn’t quite exciting to read. I almost wish she didn’t ‘leave’ the first time and all she found out about herself and not being loved by the family was set in the farm with the members. Her being the antichrist didn’t feel like it had weight or consequences until the party and maybe her going off on Kerri and George but I feel those moments would have had more effect if it was with Brody and Rosie instead of them just falling. Her realization of her power would have held more weight for her and the readers. I just feel like she the book had a lot more potential than what it came to by the end and overall. Had her life outside of the farm held more weight or been more ‘exciting’ to return to after the wedding, it would have made the middle section better and made me want to not stop reading. 
I wish we get a prequel on Constance. Intriguing. 
Also don’t know what I feel about the devil being so powerless against Vesper’s tantrum and powers on earth. Wish that was explored more as to why he needed her teeth and hair to walk on earth. Once again, more time with him and in the farm would have solved that. 
But the book had solid parts and I didn’t put it down long enough to stop reading it. Enjoyable but yes, I wish there was a bit more because the buildup to the climax didn’t feel like it had much emotional weight by then although it did.

Also what do you mean the devil wrote on an invitation with a black SHARPIE? A SHARPIE?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Gore, Murder, and Toxic relationship

aileron's review

dark funny fast-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Cannibalism and Eating disorder

mamawantsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Toxic relationship