Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Haunting of Leigh Harker by Darcy Coates

5 reviews

dylpickles's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Child death

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Murder, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Blood

the_books_music_life's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, the plot was kinda slow in the beginning but once the big revel happens the plot picks up. It does taper into repetitiveness in the middle but it doesn't stay that way for long. I will admit that I had a feeling about the first (there are so many different twists in this book it's unreal) twist the happened, but, the ones that followed later on I had no hope in guessing. 

As you're reading, you think you have the mysteries figured out but then something happens and another twist is shown and it throws you for a loop and leaves you questioning, "What the hell!"

There were some parts near the end that I had to go back and reread (or listen in my case) because I was confused. When you hit the last 3 or 4 chapters of the book, information comes flying at your and it can be a bit of a struggle to keep up and understand it all. The ending resolution of the mystery felt a little rushed. But the ending felt right to me and I really enjoyed it.

The audiobook was wonderful. The narrator shows real emotion and voice changes that follow Leigh and what's happening i.e whispering, muttering, voice pitches for different characters etc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Murder, Child death, and Gore

Minor: Cannibalism

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a_dara_ble's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Without giving spoilers, this book is both scary and mysterious. I really enjoyed how it kept switching my expectations and keeping me off balance while also having some genuinely heartfelt moments. I haven't been much of a fan of the horror/scary genre, but I'd be definitely interested in reading more from this author (and look at that, she has a lot of other published works to keep my occupied).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, Child death, and Gore

Minor: Addiction

werewolvesnotswearwolves's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Grief, and Cannibalism

Minor: Ableism