Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

6 reviews

refrejarator's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

One of my favourite romances at the moment - tense and mysterious in all the right places, and a tear-jerking, emotional whirlwind. Plus the love triangles are so fun, and have an interesting dynamic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, Gore, War, Self harm, Medical content, Alcohol, and Death

messica's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense

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

3.5

It’s very clear this book is written by the author of Twilight. There’s even a weird sports interlude.

There’s also a pretty big age gap for no reason. You could remove the sentence that mentions their ages and it would have no impact on the book whatsoever. Weird choices, Stephanie.

Also, turns out I’m not into reading about people dying of thirst in a desert. 

The plot is meandering and the pacing is chaotic. But I think if you enjoyed reading Twilight you would enjoy this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, War, Body horror, Violence, Self harm, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, and Confinement

dylpickles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Mental illness, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

mfrank's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This was one of my favorite books when I was younger and I haven't read it since I was in maybe 7th grade. I decided to reread it, nervously, because I've recently noticed that a lot of the books I loved as a kid don't hold the same love and fascination for me as an adult. I love them for the nostalgia factor, but the story no longer holds up or makes me happy and excited in the same way. I am so happy to say that this is not one of the those books. If anything, I felt more emotional reading it this time around than when I first read it. I read this book long before I ever read any tragedies or books with sad endings, and reading this now conjured up a lot of those feelings. I felt more connected to Wanderer and her fear of losing everything and having to give up love and her struggle of not fitting in where she felt she should belong. I have always cited this book as the exception for my distaste of love triangles because although there are only three bodies involved in the love triangle in this book, there are four minds. I truly still love this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation and Genocide

Minor: Body horror, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Murder

alyssa_s10's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War

lara_bk's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Colonisation

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Death, Blood, Cancer, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief, Vomit, Bullying, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship