Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

149 reviews

arynapril's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

I liked this book a lot! Very great prose and imagery, I liked it very much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

s4r41d's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent

princessraya's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was not what I expected, and unfortunately not in a good way. There were things I liked, but the ending really fell flat and it was more paranormal than I thought it would be based on the description. Didn’t hate it but it felt like something was missing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Torture, Blood, Confinement, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Terminal illness

alek_n's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

i just know vera would love monster by eminem ft. rihanna

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Domestic abuse, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Body horror

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

micallab's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Vomit, and Torture

kylieqrada's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

From the acknowledgements: “Many of us spend our lives searching for something too big to truly name, something that is often (inadequately) summarized as ‘unconditional love.’ If you have gone out seeking this enormous thing, and found yourself in danger; if you have spent any part of your life thinking that something monstrous was normal or inevitable; if you have lost some part of yourself in the process of looking for a place that feels like home - I hope you know that you have always deserved a better kind of love than that.” 

Docked half a star because I am too dumb to appreciate all of the nuance in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Torture

billcbentley's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, and Death

jitzie's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Love evil women. Love when women are evil. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, and Body horror

dreaminthepast's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Violence, Blood, Body horror, and Confinement