Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

33 reviews

prettynerdy3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, and Kidnapping

lanid's review

dark tense

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, and Panic attacks/disorders

cgp1234's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Sexism, and Sexual assault

masona's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

skylerher's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

lisa_m's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Okay so this book wasn't what I expected but I loved it. I know many people especially one's who love greek mythology did not enjoy this book. I am a big mythology fan myself but I didn't have an issue with the book. There were a few times where I thought the portrayal of the gods was a but strange but nothing big enough to influence my enjoyment of the story.

The writing style was great. This is the first book I've read by Alexandra Bracken and I definitely want to read more! The Darkest Minds has been on my tbr for a while so I'm excited to read that soon :)

The ending was quite abrupt and a bit under explained imo and that's part of the reason my I didn't give it 5 stars. I genuinely enjoyed it but it just wasn't five stars for me.

Edit: After sleeping on it I decided to give it 4 instead of 5.75. There were no real plot twists and everything that was explained I had already guessed before. The things I couldn't figure out on my own weren't explained in the end which left me confused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

deideo's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

aelinfeyrebryce's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

”’I was born knowing how to do three things - how to breathe, how to dream, and how to love you.’’”

I can’t get over how much I love this book. I wasn’t expecting to love it this much because I thought parts of the plot were going to be predictable. It wasn’t until Athena’s betrayal that I realised how much I was enthralled!

I didn’t predict any of the plots regarding the Aegis throughout the book, only the Apollo storyline and what I thought would be the Wrath storyline. However, this book just subverted my every expectation and had me kicking myself for not realising things sooner. 10/10 would recommend this book to anyone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Torture

madamepincers's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Torture, and Sexual harassment

macca23's review

adventurous tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Blood, and Death of parent