Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

3 reviews

whitenoise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Violence, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: War, Misogyny, Slavery, and Medical content

daringreader13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, Torture, Vomit, Slavery, Medical content, Excrement, War, Abandonment, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, and Death

oliverlang's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I found this book really quite difficult to read so it's taken me a lot longer to read than the first book. 

Big trigger warning for physical and emotional abuse, slavery, torture and genocide.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence