Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

4 reviews

rjo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Murder, Violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Pedophilia, and Death of parent

Minor: Trafficking and Kidnapping

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

I picked this up by chance at the Aesop Queer Library and I am so glad I did. As an American it took a bit to understand some of the dialogue but it is worth it. For a lot of the book it functions almost like short stories with a thematic through line for each section, but the end threads them all together beautifully in a way that made me sob. I loved it and will be looking for more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Death, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Body horror, and Classism

Minor: Physical abuse, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Police brutality, and Deadnaming

laurataylor's review

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug use, and Blood

hannahmarierobbins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is an emotional five star because I was compelled. I think there are a couple of dips. The book is a tapestry of "deviance" in Lagos. It's messy, dark and unrepentently queer. Really excellent but won't be for everyone. Content notes for everything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Violence and Body horror