Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Malice by Heather Walter

8 reviews

princess_sara_sparkles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Body shaming, Self harm, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Torture, and War

caswrites's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

This is the best book I've read all year. It makes you feel like a repressed outsider, you feel what Alyce feels. The ending was so strong in emotion that I was left feeling her emotions after finishing 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

msradiosilence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

4.0

Tldr; Alyce is a bad bitch and I wish she’d gone off the rails sooner. 

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/malice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Classism, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Body horror, Abandonment, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Murder, and Self harm

charley34's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Murder, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, and War

bluejayreads's review against another edition

dark

4.75

This is a queer reimagining of Sleeping Beauty told from Maleficent’s perspective, but the reimagination is so solid that it feels much more like a standalone fantasy than a fairy tale retelling. The world is fantastic, I love the complexities of human and fae politics, the romance is well-done, the hatred Alyce (the protagonist) faces because of her blood is heartbreaking, and the magic system is fantastically creative. I really enjoyed the ending, too.

It was simultaneously sad, cathartic, and amazing watching Alyce finally decided to become the monster everyone told her she was.

The ending felt satisfying enough, though, so I don’t know if I’ll read the next book (plus I don’t want to see Alyce defeated by any fairy tale prince if it sticks to the original fairy tale).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Minor: Homophobia

Fantasy racism

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Bullying and Death

Minor: Body horror and Drug use

clovelatte's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: War, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Torture, Murder, Misogyny, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Bullying

Minor: Colonisation, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

books_and_mags's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Body horror