Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

118 reviews

eerieehobbit's review

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It was so dark, gruesome and fantastic 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual content

mushmoll's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Torture, Gore, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Blood, and Sexual assault

haylee_reads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

What the fuck did I just listen to? I don’t know if I am smart enough to fully understand the themes of this book…but with other horror novels that has never really hindered my enjoyment of them. I did not really enjoy Maeve Fly. The writing style was stream of consciousness and I think that was unique, but everything else was just not it for me. I also liked how much Maeve cared about her grandma and Kate, but like idk…It was deeply disturbing and my face was in a permanent 🥴. I genuinely am at a loss for words and don’t know what to think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

josie_reads_books's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Torture, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

anissahcarlblom's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, and Torture

rosynk's review

challenging dark mysterious fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Medical content, Terminal illness, Stalking, Sexual content, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Gore, Sexual violence, and Violence

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

What a deeply disturbing and fantastic book.

Have was such an unhinged character but I somehow rooted for her and was utterly devastated by the ending.

There was a humorous yet strange scene that was definitely an ode to Patrick Batemen watching himself having sex.

This was such a captivating story. It was like a train wreck - I just couldn't look away. Every time I put the book down, it was all I could think about.

It had me physically cringing in disgust and shouting out in disturbance and I loved every moment of it.

This is going to stick with me for a very long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Torture

ashleyxx8's review against another edition

dark sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

emilymae303's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Definitely a shocking read with a lot of blood, gore and torture. Being from a female perspective is a nice twist on the classic serial killer trope and while there were themes that explored the inherent misogyny in most horror novels, it felt like the author didn’t dig deep enough into those themes and opted for just shock and gore instead. 

It’s a quick read and the dichotomous relationship between the setting “happiest place on earth,” mixed with the themes was dark and quirky.

 It ultimately read like a love story to LA, which seemed fitting given the fake persona Maeve tried to carry throughout the book, ultimately to succumb to her true darkness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Gore, Death, Confinement, Torture, Body horror, Sexual violence, Murder, and Blood

jamiee_f's review

dark funny mysterious 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

5.0

What a fucking ride. I loved this book but it was so deranged. I wish it was longer and we got more from it!!

This book was a chilling and fun descent into horny, horrific madness with our protagonist, where we learn a little bit more about how she became what she is. Reminiscent of American Psycho, but with the added twist of modernity and Hollywood glam. Maeve is so demented and she meets her match with Gideon, but she doesn't realize just how perfect of a match he is until it's too late.

I would have read 200 more pages of this story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Torture, and Body horror