Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

9 reviews

rachaelwho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

A few places dragged, a few bits were too on the nose. Nothing worth dropping a star over, I liked this one very much and there were some very interesting and creative ideas and turns of phrase. Great wo ld-building, I appreciate that the reader is expected to know something about native people or look it up. The uncanny image of

the rougarou dancing away too fast for comprehension

really creeped me the fuck out and lingered. There were several well-set-up heartbreaks that I knew were leading somewhere and when I figured them out I consciously thought "oh, noooo" but was desperate to keep reading to see them fulfilled. Excellent narration by Michelle St John.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Fatphobia, Abortion, and Body horror

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Stalking, Colonisation, Mental illness, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexual violence

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug use, Pedophilia, Incest, Infidelity, and Rape

avisreadsandreads'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Sexual content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Fatphobia, Blood, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Car accident, Racism, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit and Sexual assault

spineofthesaurus's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Vomit, and Body horror

mr_cain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Grief, Cursing, and Drug use

Moderate: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Stalking, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Infidelity

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Racism, Death, Animal death, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Blood, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual assault, Body horror, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

bookmarkedbyfi's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder, Grief, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Car accident, Colonisation, and Religious bigotry

death of a grandparent

kinomatica's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gaslighting, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Animal death

Minor: Racism, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

kelecoo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Gore