Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney

24 reviews

bellasbookmark's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

it’s like mind-hunter but not as good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Body horror

nellkristen'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! I do not normally go for horror, suspense, or gore, but the synopsis intrigued me. It was not as scary or tense as I expected, which was good. It was definitely a manageable level of tense-ness, and only got really suspenseful towards the end. It was written really well and kept me really intrigued throughout the books. I was pleasantly surprised by this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Violence, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty and Child death

cantfindmybookmark's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Body horror, Vomit, Blood, and Violence

caitlin_bookchats's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Might bump the rating up or down with more time. I think the real target market for this book enjoys reading/listening/learning about serial killers much more than I do. The 1982 setting allowed me to accept the premise of the Killer Interview program and the participation of 18 year-olds in it a little more, and truly what shone for me was Emma and Mr. Bell.

ALSO, I don't read a lot of thrillers and YA thrillers especially are typically not my jam but this had a LOT of tension. I actually had to put it down for two days about 50 pages from the end because I was so afraid or what could happen on the next page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

Minor: Racism