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Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell

25 reviews

terriblewalrus's review against another edition

0.5

tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation

issymaae's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Vomit

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Grief

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy

disguisedposer's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Absolutely loved this and it's going to stick with me for a while. I highly recommend that you listen to the audiobook version because the narrator doing the different voices I think created 85% of the creepy factor. The story itself was probably pretty creepy on its own, but the VOICES! 😳😳😳 If you had told me prior to this year that I would enjoy and recommend an audiobook over reading I'd have said you were delusional, but here we are! Narration is 4.5*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting

keiraonyxraven's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

monkeymouse113's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood

Moderate: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy

zapzap9000's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional informative 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

owlribbon's review against another edition

3.0

Strong character development: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

dcolligan88's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder

chloseencounter's review against another edition

3.5

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I had a lot of hope for Stolen Tongues starting out, and I really do think the first 20% of the book was super strong and had some genuinely scary moments sprinkled throughout. I haven’t often had books legitimately scare me but the first bit was very freaky. 

My few problems with this novel where the repetition near the home stretch, lack of communication between characters (tbh neither of our main characters where likable at all in my opinion and Felix really came off as a pseudo intellectual), as well as a pretty low impact ending considering the huge build up. Generally this book could of really benefited from an editor because it was just way too long to be saying the same things over and over. 

I will say, however, there was some very scary and unnerving moments that made the read worth it for me. I think that the common remark I’m seeing is “this is a really good creepy pasta but just an okay novel” and again, I think an editor could’ve really taken this to another level. 

Fun read, and worth the time spent even though I did finish slightly underwhelmed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment