Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

119 reviews

spacebras's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

Well written and has a strong message :)  but for me it's fine and not earth shattering.  It's not so much <i>horror</i> horror as it is magical realism. It turns from slight horror to domestic fiction pretty quickly and the pace drops from there. And I think that misunderstanding soured the story for me because it was not what I was expecting, but unfortunately it wasn't able to recapture my attention. 

I'm not rating it lower because of what I wished it was, but how to never really got to me in the end. Maybe it was the tone? I'm not sure. I can understand why people are into it. But I wouldn't call it "genuinely scary" like the blurbs tot. Outside of the first few scenes it's really not. And it doesn't have to be- it's just promoted as such

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death and Cannibalism

In the first scene, a child's dead body is torn open by his mother and a piece of his lung is taken out. It is graphic, but is the most graphic the story will get. And not done with ill intention (it's complicated)

entommoore's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Body horror

kalldaff's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

 Gruesome and unsettling, but at its core a story about grief, loss, disability, and alienation through the lens of a monster novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use

michael_langeloo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

biblizo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Child death

dezaraemd's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

I wish it hadn’t ended so abruptly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism

ominousspectre's review against another edition

4.75

D:

Other than a little lag in the middle, I loved this. It took me places I didn't expect. It's going to take me a bit to grasp it all. Expectations. Filling another's shoes. Never being enough or quite right. What is our nature. All that.

The first few chapters of Mago's grief are absolutely exquisite 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Body horror

threemjen's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Alcohol

mellowreading's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

Oh!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

anilourengo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

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

2.0

An innovative way to treat parenthood figures in different circunstances, such as supporting their child regardless the consequences and grief.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder