Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil, George Williams

3 reviews

spooderman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Police brutality, Violence, Car accident, Cursing, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Bullying, Death, Body horror, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Xenophobia, Dysphoria, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Self harm

zephyr_trashwolf's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing! This book had my stomach twisting in knots. You feel for this group of friends with the town assuming innocent till guilty for a murder they didn’t commit. These friends struggle to survive a frenzied night against a town full of satanic-panic mad people, two crooked officers looking for a convenient scapegoat, and the devil themself (enjoying a wild night out and tired of being treated like a pet). The ending gave me goosebumps! The illustrations are masterful in their ability to portray emotions and scenes perfectly, a perfect mix of soft lines and terrifying visuals. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, Child death, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Torture, Violence, and Transphobia

nerdysread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Thank you NetGalley and OniPress for the e-arc

So in this graphic novel, we follow a group of young adults who are queer and marginalised during the satanic panic in the USA, and especially in a very religious and conservative little town. So when a murder happened the authorities create a moral panic saying satanic did it. And the group of fitness are the perfect ones to blame. 

I really really really like it. I love queer horror stories. Like horror is queer for me, and we need way more queer horror stories. The drawings are great, and the group of friends is superbe. Like we can see how much they care for each others, they always have each others back, and are here for each others. The horror was pretty good too. And I really wanted to know, how they would survive this. 

The thing that bothered me was the pacing. It felt weird at some point, but not bad either… I just hope we will have a sequel because this ending????

Rep: Trans guy MC, Trans woman MC, Black MC
TW:  Homophobia, Queerphobia, Transphobia, Deadname, Misgendering, Gore, Violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Body horror, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Lesbophobia