Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Bálnahullás by Daniel Kraus

38 reviews

drsa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent

moxiereads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

loquaciousleon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

If you liked 

• 'Life of Pi' and/or 'Dark Life'.
• Are intrigued by the premise/summary.
• Okay with storytelling that closely follows a graphic 3rd person narrative; walking through actions quite a bit.

you will like this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

aleksssync's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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 and Gore

Moderate: Suicide

adrilynn21's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

biobeetle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Alcohol

arianneloveland's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

cdundes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I WHIZZED through this audiobook - despite some heavy handed passages I was captivated by the concept and found myself double checking all the science.  Maybe time for Cannery Row soon…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

septi's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Pandemic/Epidemic

richardlvargas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Though it has a slow start, Whalefall becomes a suspenseful and unique story of survival and loss. A young man dealing with the death of his father, whom he had a complicated relationship, ends up in a truly horrific survival scenario - trapped inside a sperm whale. 

Told in a third person stream of consciousness, Whalefall is a journey through the young man’s life before this, and how his relationships with his family brought him here. It is a bit tragic at times, and also gruesome in some ways as well. Jonah in the whale, this is not. It’s also very realistic and scientifically accurate. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Suicide