Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

34 reviews

freshbatchofbooks's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

I don’t know if it’s the chapter length, or my need to see this book all the way through, but this might be the fastest I’ve ever finished a book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Body shaming

Moderate: Transphobia and Stalking

hungryheidi2013's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

me and who... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexism

Moderate: Transphobia, Cannibalism, Body horror, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

madinhoa's review

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Trafficking, and Violence

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

major_tom's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Would I advice someone to read it? Yes. Would I reread it? Unlikely.

It’s an interesting detective story, with a very strong main character and insightful descriptions of police structure. In this case, I think the fact that I watched the movie spoiled some of experience reading it, because the movie is so good.
But the plot is interesting, Lector is intriguing, and the mystery keeps you on your toes. The flow is nice, though at the end I felt that things were rushed a little bit, dumping so much factual information. But we don’t learn why the crime happens or any motivation behind it, it’s kept quite vague (at least, it seemed to me).

I think it’s definitely worth reading the book if you liked the movie, but if you’re looking for police-dense murder mystery, there are more exciting books out there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Cannibalism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Transphobia

mclachlan301003's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Torture

charliebriggs96's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Cannibalism, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic friendship

imposterwalrus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, and Transphobia

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, and Homophobia

bugeys's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Kidnapping

Moderate: Fatphobia, Stalking, and Gore

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture

sonyareadsbooks's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Fatphobia, and Transphobia

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Homophobia