Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

5 reviews

kshertz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

Everything about this book is complicated. It’s a mix of short stories that are heavily sexual, and deal with a lot of different worlds and themes. It was hard for me to follow at times. I definitely liked some stories more than others. Overall I think it is like a niche group of people that would really enjoy this work and I just don’t think it was something that was for me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Body horror, Chronic illness, Rape, Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

erinbarton's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.5

fave stories: eight bites, the husband stitch, inventory 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

emilymbrown's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

4.75

Absolutely jarring. Not what I was expecting at all but I fell so attached the moment I read the first page. Beautiful and scary and confusing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Grief, Suicide, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Violence, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Pregnancy, Abortion, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

ouroredux's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Gore

taleofabibliophile's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Medical content, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Gore, Drug use, Gaslighting, Self harm, Animal death, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal cruelty