Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada

9 reviews

20readingisfun24's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, Grief, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, Cannibalism, Murder, Child abuse, Death, and Kidnapping

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jodar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This YA science-fiction thriller is well-written and gripping. Several pretty convincing twists and turns play out as conspiracies unfold and true identities are revealed.

The novel confronts some large questions, too: right and wrong, individual consent to medical procedures vs the well-being of humanity, nature vs nurture and true identity.

The scientific elements of the story stretched credibility to the degree that to me the science functions much like magic in a fantasy novel. Likewise “the Wrath” encoded within humanity’s genetic makeup is like a rationalised original sin, though any religious sentiment is avoided and occasionally overtly discounted:

If I believed in something beyond this world, maybe I could clutch at it like a rope, but I don’t, and all I see after this life is cold, infinite darkness (MC in Chapter 25)

I found the puppy-love romance between the MC and one of the other main characters a bit nauseating, though it wasn’t belaboured too much and it did fit within the storyline.

The book is the first in a series and it has a good resolution to this part of the story arc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Car accident

mermaidmommy19's review

5.0

Super engaging and interesting. Outside of my normal genres but LOVED it. Can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism

clesh01's review

adventurous mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Gore, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Body horror

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, and Cursing

esm_359's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

littlewhiterabbitreads's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Cannibalism

boldlyno's review

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.0

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, this book is a little harder to read than it might have been. I very much enjoyed it, but would caution anyone with pandemic related trauma to check out the warnings and check in with yourself before reading. Looking forward to the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Cannibalism and Child death

rubybastille's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I liked the premise and how both worldbuilding and plot points are helped by Cat’s inability to use the gene tech everyone else relies on. Ultimately though the plot just felt too convoluted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent, Cannibalism, and Violence

overcooked's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Cannibalism, and Gore