Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Laughing Corpse: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel by Laurell K. Hamilton

7 reviews

amylynn44's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Child death

kerttuli's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Body horror, Ableism, Gore, Death, Blood, Murder, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Cursing, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Rape

kloughlin's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Animal death

jessiejessj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed the second book more so than the first one, but there’s still something about Anita Blake that just rubs me the wrong way. I’ve been told by a few people that she gets better and better as the series carries on, but I have yet to see that. I did find this book to be much darker compared to the first, and included a few more creatures, so I am intrigued to see how the series continues. Seems like there is a lot to look forward to, and at the very least, it’s a nice easy read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Body horror, Grief, Gore, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

caitlinemccann's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Trafficking and Animal death

victorianrogue's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture

ireadinbed's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

*reread oct 2022* 

This book has always been one of my favorite in this series. I point to it as one of the scariest and most interesting plot wise. 

This reread was more mixed for me (i sense a theme lol) i noticed more stereotypes and poor fictionalizations of real faiths. More casual misogyny and abelism. 

But also it is still very frightening. The way the monsters are used and the villains really hits hard to a lot of fears i have. Scary things looming while you sleep. Familiar fears suddenly twisting and becoming much worse. That people are even worse than they seem.  

But also, so many bad things happened because Anita did not smart things. I really hope she starts to be more wary of her own locked door. She could have used Edward or someone else to watch out while she slept. 

A++ Jean Claude moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Gore, and Child death