Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott

12 reviews

littlelizzieborden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Mental illness

river_jean_sterling's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Bullying, Child death, Death, and Emotional abuse

caterina_1212's review

challenging mysterious medium-paced

4.25

Magical realism is usually so earnest, but this mix of surrealism and whimsy (or irreverence) hit just right in a way I can't explain. I loved the stories with the witchy schoolgirls, the fog, the Homebody. The zombie chicken got built up so much in my head that of course it was disappointing,  but the rest was really good.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Infidelity, and Murder

nixieba25f's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Murder, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Ableism, and Animal death

lancemama's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Body shaming

chanlo1994's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

I loved the imagination behind these stories. It's very creepy, which isn't something I would have normally read. I also liked the story told in the second person. You don't see those too often. Very beautiful writing and prose.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Animal death, Grief, Body horror, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual assault

elizabeth_lepore's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Infidelity and Animal death

bi_n_large's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, and Blood

Minor: Hate crime

wildflowercrypt's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

karenreadsbooks's review

dark

3.5

First, I'm not usually a short story reader because I like to get a lot deeper into stories with more development so the short form doesn't work as well for me. I read this slowly, with a story here and there, usually one sitting per story. The author did a lot of different types of storytelling as far as formats and such, which I appreciated. Here are my thoughts on each story:

Sundown at the Eternal Staircase - neat concept; letdown in the telling

A Diviner's Abrecedarian - interesting storytelling format; too much mean girls

The Thread Boy - succinct, symbolic, good

Fox Jaw - completely unmemorable

The War of Fog - I think this one would have a lot to say if I spent more time unpacking it

Drowning Lessons - I was really enjoying this one but it just ended without any type of resolution

The Autumn Kill - really short and a bit gruesome, but I liked it; has a developed character

Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart - inventive; sometimes disturbing illustrations; enjoyed the story within the entries

A Lily Is a Lily - I liked this one; am I supposed to connect it to the Tristan and Isolde (of the White Hands) story?

Dear Henrietta - creepy in a mostly good way

Possessions - cynical or realistic? probably not good for someone who has recently lost a loved one

Homebody - extremely symbolic

A Haunted Calendar - amusing snippets

The Plums at the End of the World - disturbing ... too disturbing

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an electronic ARC for review

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Animal death, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Misogyny, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, and Bullying