Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

8 reviews

bibliomania_express's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Stalking, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Gore, and Body horror

pkc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

This book was WILD. Really confusing, but quite witty and however you think it will go is probably not how it will go. Violent, tense, scary, but very complex.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Domestic abuse, Torture, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Murder, and Sexual content

tish12's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. Yes I did get lost a few times where the story sort of slowed down but it then picked up again each time. There has been a few people complain about the

storm that takes place saying it went on for too many chapters, but honestly I feel it was just enough or maybe just a little more could have been said

I love the result at the end I did have my guesses. I won't spoil this on you. I would have loved to have seen a little bit more chemistry between Arent and Sara but at the author says in the end of the book  letter from the author he didn't want it to turn into a story all about them, or Arent being the sexy bodyguard kind of character. But has said that if you wish to do so then that is what you shall have.  
All in all I do recommend this book a adventure to read, there are a few gruesome scenes taking place in the book. But nothing over the top. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Violence

horationelson's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Minor: Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, and Religious bigotry

kattyenn's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Violence, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape

aviery's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, and Vomit

massivepizzacrust's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Stuart Turton is a capital-letter Plot Twist writer, which you'll know if you've read The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. And as with that one, I found the plot twist 100% unpredictable but still a little flat. The atmosphere in the first 2/3 of the book was so terrifying I had to read something else at the same time and I guess I would have preferred a more predictable but more satisfying ending in line with that atmosphere. But it still made more sense than Evelyn Hardcastle so I guess I'm curious to see what Turton does next? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

oliverlang's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Vomit