Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Goddess of Filth by V. Castro

24 reviews

bookishholly's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I think this being approached as a typical horror is where people are marking it down. This book clearly has so much to say, rather than just trying to scare you. There are such beautiful prose about the terrors women, especially women of colour face. And to mark this down because it wasn’t “horrifying” enough is to do disservice to the horrors that marginalised people face every day. 
I will give it a 4 star for now because so felt that I needed a little more from the characters to fully fall in love with the book but my rating may increase as I sit with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Death, Body horror, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Trafficking, Vomit, Blood, Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual content, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Death, and Stalking

avciera7's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

3.5

Man, this book wastes no time. Super fast and engaging read. At times, the prose was really masterful and full of life. At others, it was quite clunky, hard to follow, and lacking in subtlety. There's just a LOT going on here. As is the case with many of my recent reads, there were GREAT ideas in this book that didn't fully come together. I loved how its interesting interpretation of a possession narrative and its basis in the Mexican American experience interwove. I wish we had gotten to know the other girls better, especially when their connection to each other was supposed to be integral to the plot. What I will say is I was entertained and the book was mostly successful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Gun violence, Gore, Racism, and Colonisation

Minor: Trafficking, Self harm, and Alcohol

nathiddles_106's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Trafficking

mermaidsherbet's review

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Colonisation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Excrement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Classism, Cursing, Death, Deportation, Torture, and Body horror

echoes01's review

dark hopeful reflective sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Body horror, and Blood

read_y_picker's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, and Kidnapping

Minor: Murder

mary_stormageddon's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Spiritually, I love this book. And I learned a lot in its 141 pages. But it felt rushed, which is a shame because this book could have been life changing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Gun violence, Murder, and Sexual content

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved this book, I just wish it was meatier!!

If you love The Craft/Jennifer’s Body combined with themes of girlhood and the ~~Devine Feminine~~ you’ll love this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gore, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Trafficking, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Violence, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Colonisation, and Body horror

elidyyr's review

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcohol