Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn

8 reviews

kirahaycock21's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book ensnared me more than I thought it would. It was a good balance between some body horror and actually moving the plot along. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Body horror

There are some gross descriptions in there that had me grimacing, but nothing too extreme. A good book for body horror beginners.

c0rpsekat's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

spooky cryptids hunting emotionally damaged friends in a snowy landscape? sounds like a perfect winter horror read . short , fast paced , tense , and frigid . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pregnancy, and Body horror

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Gun violence

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Sexual content, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? No

3.25

This started out really strong, but steadily declined the longer the story went on. I still enjoyed it, but not as much as I had hoped I would. Pretty much everything was great except the main characters. I just found them to be super unlikable + couldn't bring myself to care at all about their personal drama, which unfortunately took up a huge portion of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Pregnancy and Sexual content

molliundera_'s review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My favorite book of 2022 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Car accident

dalcanter's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Violence, Gore, Blood, Infidelity, and Body horror

silverheartbookclub's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Body horror and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

rachel_darling's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Animal death