Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

6 reviews

lizardgod's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Kudos to a book making me queasy? That's about all it had going for it, nothing really to write home about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Child death, Cannibalism, Torture, Suicide, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Cancer, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Stalking and Infidelity

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

This remains one of my top 5 favourite books. The writing is so, so, SO GOOD! Equal parts beautiful and disgusting, with scenes that were still burned into my memory from my first read back in 2019. This book is just a horrifying and gorgeously written descent into madness, and I devoured (get it?) every word.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, Vomit, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Animal death, and Mental illness

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

hen800's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

A really effective, depraved horror. Poetically written - but I didn’t find the main character’s obsession with vultures that believable, as we’re thrust into extreme thoughts from the start. Would’ve been more believable if the descent into obsession was slower, so it felt less like a gross-out horror that just intended to shock.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Vomit, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Racial slurs

readswithrachel's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This book is disgusting but the writing is brilliant

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

britttobegorey94's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Mental illness, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Animal death