Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

9 reviews

camillesim's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Murder, Body horror, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death, and Addiction

s_lorenz's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Infertility, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

xread_write_repeatx's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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: Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Body horror, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Cursing, Gaslighting, Rape, Child death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Addiction, Torture, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Infertility

Moderate: Transphobia, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Alcohol

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

4.25

This book is a great dark comedy. If anything, I wanted even more chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

There is evidence of all of these triggers but essentially all of it gets avenged or is discussed regarding how unfair it is. No characters performing these triggers fully gets away with anything. That said, our core group of characters also do plenty of awful things. It’s a dark comedy with murders. Brace yourself.

yuyuv's review

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infertility, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

dark funny informative lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Abandonment, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Islamophobia, Alcohol, Sexual violence, and Suicide

jlaz_13's review

adventurous challenging dark funny lighthearted reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body shaming, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Abandonment

Minor: Classism, Infertility, Toxic friendship, and Kidnapping

kassy182's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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

This book was amazing and hilarious and I have so many new insults to add to my repertoire. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Addiction, Violence, Bullying, and Rape

Moderate: Gore, Ableism, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Classism, Excrement, Gaslighting, Vomit, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, and Domestic abuse

ninahuynh's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

4.75

This was such a roller coaster read!! The bond between the female characters and standing up the the male characters and the patriarchy was chef's kiss 👌✨ I think it was a good choice to read this as an audiobook, as the characters and situations just came to life! This would make a great drama series 😻 (The f-bomb is dropped quite a bit.)

Definitely a feminist piece and humorous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Alcohol, Addiction, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Death of parent