Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Maeve Fly by CJ Leede

159 reviews

elle622's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Cannibalism

annathechaoticreader's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Grief, and Stalking

disguisedposer's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

chelseadoesnotread's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

chloeburton's review against another edition

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

2.5

I really enjoyed the first two halves of the book. The writing is really engaging and quick, I liked the setting and the mixed tone. I like the idea of this freaky woman playing Elsa at Disney. Maybe this is too far into the zone of being splatterpunk for me. The last act all I could think was “I get it, you’ve read American Psycho.” And yes, I get that’s a thing she’s obviously doing on purpose but it becomes so overbearing by the end. I’ve already read American Psycho…and I didn’t care for it. 

That being said,  I do appreciate a fellow fan of Werewolf Bar Mitzvah. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

heathclifff's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.5

surprisingly better (and less gory) than i was expecting, but still overall very flat. 

like obviously the character is supposed to be unlikeable and a sociopath but i’m not sure the excessive SA was necessary. 

i just didn’t really feel anything about it. promising from half way but it just fell flat and the twist at the end wasn’t particularly surprising compared to how maeve was reacting on the screen. 

interesting female descent into madness, i guess, and study of generational violence/trauma, idk..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit and Cannibalism

matchamarimo's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Abortion

avmcdonald's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

wends_nblw's review

dark 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? Yes

2.0

I'm heartbroken. I wanted to love this. I so desperately wanted to love this story. But I didn't. 

Maeve as a character left me rolling my eyes. Her entitlement and edginess was underwhelming at best and annoying at worst. I understand what the author was trying to do with her, but it only reminded me of a tumblr-esque femcel whining in her trash filled nest of a bed. Maybe it's because I understand Maeve in a way, and it just frustrated me that I could somehow relate to such a whiny character. I will note that she becomes more likable as the story continues, however.

A lot of people label this as "unhinged woman", but it just seemed more like a mentally ill woman’s spiral into madness. 

I didn't like the ending either. I felt Maeve's plotline with Kate was unfinished in the worst possible way. The plotline with Gideon? It was quite satisfying until the very end reveal; a reveal that I thought was really obvious until the random red herring halfway through.

I even read this In Disneyland. I read parts of the story in the exact lands she'd describe. I watched Elsa and Anna in a parade while holding this book. Yet I couldn't find any love to give to this story. It's not even a bad book. It's just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion