Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

394 reviews

lukutar's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

rafacolog's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Gore

lavib's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I finished this book yesterday and I’m still trying to collect my thoughts. I loved it, that’s for sure. I think the characters were really well written and the plot too, to the point where it was almost terrifying (😅). There were scenes that had me giggling, sobbing or muttering “what the fuck” over and over again under my breath (just ask my family, it’s true). Seriously though, this book was wonderful and I cannot describe in words how much the characters now mean to me and how this book will remain in my thoughts for…a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment and Medical content

queerghstbuster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Confinement, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Vomit

onalark's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Suicide, and Medical content

Moderate: Kidnapping

mrexroat's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad 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 gets 3.5 because of the pace and the ending. At first the book was kinda slow-paced, but then as the story went on, it got faster. I did really like this book though, even though it got pretty morbid at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Suicide, Child death, Medical content, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Death, Self harm, Murder, Gore, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Blood

batgirl_bethany's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Vomit, Body horror, Suicide, Blood, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death of parent

lilystarrrrrrr's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

suzylit's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide, Death, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Vomit, Confinement, Violence, and Murder

lindseythelibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

1.0

I am vacillating between giving this book one and a half stars, and one star.

Read this book if you want: 

• Nonsensical, muddled, character, motivations 
• Unnecessary and unexplored romance
• Very minimal and confusing world building
• Confusing and unrealistic plot elements
• Telling and not showing for so many plot elements, including relationships, and more!
• Weird writing. “Whipping us into havoc”? Is that even a phrase?
• Info dumping in the last 95 percent that still doesn’t answer questions.
• So. Many. Plot holes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror