Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

16 reviews

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

taelights's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The concept and world was interesting, but the execution wasn't the best. Honestly the writing wasn't the best and I think this book could have been shorter because it dragged a lot and kept losing my attention. I wanted to dnf but like I lost interest after the 50% mark so I felt like I had to finish it at that point but it took me forever because I kept not wanting to listen to it after a chapter or two. 

The book was predictable and cheesy, but not even in a fun way. Plus I HATED all the scenes with Cole. The only thing worse than a love triangle is when one love interest is a woman and the other is a man. It makes the love triangle trope 10× more unbearable. Like I am all for characters being bi and having bi rep. But there is a difference between mentions of them being bi or finding a man attractive vs full het makeout and flirting scenes which I don't want to read in a book that was marketed as having a sapphic romance thanks. Like the amount of content between Zoey with Cole was about equal to that with Celeste when I only cared about the Celeste x Zoey content. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Death, Murder, Gore, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Alcohol

Minor: Mental illness, Deadnaming, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Transphobia

Death of Family Member, Death of Sibling, Death of grandparent, Drugging, Needles

mouse42's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness

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

thelostartofsecretkeeping's review

adventurous emotional funny tense 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

rootedinbooks's review

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

A fun YA horror-mystery, full of music festivals, useless bisexuals pining for their best friends, and an interesting take on zombies, this book got me out of a reading slump. It was a quick and easy read, inclusive in a lovely way, and overall just *fun*. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Body horror, Vomit, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Cannibalism, Blood, Alcohol, and Death

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Deadnaming