Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

25 reviews

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, Death of parent, Torture, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit

sugarmountain's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide

bebidocrimes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This is my new favorite Grady Hendrix, full stop. I was rooting for Kris the whole time and the whole journey was engaging and tense. I kept picturing Terry like Lestat, they just called him blond but hey whatever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Suicide

ohkmurr's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

As morbid as it sounds, I love how gory the book is. No mass onslaught of rats, but a flesh-tearing mob was just as disturbing. Since this book is so music-centric, including a fictional album that's The Point of the book, I wonder when it will be made into a film, since Horrorstör and The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires are already in production. (Also, I enjoyed that all the chapter titles are names of classic rock albums, except for the Dolly Parton one.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Vomit

Super, super gory.

acarter's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Gore

Minor: Addiction