Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Garden of Evil by Bram Stoker

82 reviews

marareading's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Read this (again) today. It is my favorite classic. I enjoy it every time. I love the epistolary form, and I love the suspense. It's always great. I will always be at the mercy of vampire stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder

roaze's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism

naomi_k's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Xenophobia, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Terminal illness

anxiousnachos's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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Dracula remains my favourite classic. I will be taking no further questions. The epistolary format works so well and in my eyes makes this one of the most accessible classics to read. I had such a good time rereading this and then made my partner watch the film version with me (Keane Reeves/Gary Oldman version) and it was an absolute WILD ride.

Content warnings: death, blood, sexual assault, murder, violence, mental illness, institutionalisation, confinement, medical content, body horror, animal death, racial slurs (G-slur), antisemitism, misogyny, sexism, ableism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Murder

linnylionheart's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Infidelity, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury

vcords_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Stalking

mhhmm's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Blood, Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

rory_john14's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism

Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, War

ageckocalledachilles's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs

mme_carton's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cannibalism, Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence