Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

37 reviews

jbogerhawkins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

blymanor's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

A collection of short stories covering topics such as abuse, boundaries and politics. I loved it, though some stories were better than others. My favourite was the Mothers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body horror, Rape, Murder, and Vomit

jmcordero's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, and Rape

tahsintries's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

jojo_'s review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Gore, and Rape

rubyhosh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, and Murder

ellenigrace's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Violence, Domestic abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Self harm, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Gore, Grief, and Homophobia