Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

7 reviews

ilaxaria's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body horror, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, Medical content, Violence, Mental illness, Child death, Deportation, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Vomit, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Homophobia

nerdysread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.75

Really liked it. More to come (probably)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

sav_22's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a fun ride! It’s a perfect balance of horrifying and endearing. The main group is a group of girls trauma bonded by the event that changed the world known as The Hollowing. I found all of the girls to be relatable and intriguing to get to know; even when it mainly follows a first person one narrator format, we get pov switches in the form of flashbacks in 3rd person to dive into other characters. There’s romance and a hint of a love triangle, but I would say that it is very much a subplot to the overall plot. All of the four main characters are sapphic, which to me is something I always appreciate when writers realistically write queer people sticking together.

There are some questions left unanswered imo, and it’s kind of an open ending, but it doesn’t deter from the overall satisfaction of the book for me. There are some intense horror elements like body horror and gore, but it wasn’t overdone or overzealous. I really enjoyed reading the evolution of the main couple, even if it wasn’t a major focus and it was predictable I think that it complimented the story and themes well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Racism, Drug use, Blood, Gore, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Cursing, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Transphobia

genevieve_eggleston's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Cursing, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, and Police brutality

Minor: Biphobia, Transphobia, Confinement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Animal death, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual content

astralbooks's review

dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Drug use, Murder, and Cannibalism

Minor: Emotional abuse

bradley's review

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

The concept behind the story could have been so cool but the execution is just plain bad. Descriptions are repeated almost word-for-word several times and it’s exhausting. If I have to read about how every baby hair on the back of your neck stood on end or how you felt electricity where your crush’s skin brushed against yours I’m gonna lose it! Might have worked as a short story but as it stands? Incredibly corny, and a slough to get through. 

 

And despite repetitive description of the scene and the drywall-personality having main character, the plot itself is inconsistant, as well as the rules set up by the narrative. The most egregious example is toward the end where

Zoey chides Cole for turning ghouls into anthropophagi reminding him that they were parents, siblings, children, but within the next five pages is given a stun gun to attack the anthropophagi, and says, and I quote, “cool”

RIDICULOUS!! Wanted to DNF several times but mama didn’t raise a quitter!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cannibalism, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol and Emotional abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Deadnaming, and Forced institutionalization

parental neglect