Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Crossroads by Laurel Hightower

18 reviews

eol's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Suicide, Car accident, and Self harm

Minor: Miscarriage

dalmavatai's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, Child death, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, and Suicidal thoughts

kristinajoy07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Body horror, Child death, and Death

Minor: Infertility

nanodaryuchi's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Death, Body horror, Mental illness, and Grief

gssll_lpz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Car accident

mflynn8908's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this story. Being a mother myself their is nothing I wouldn’t do for my children. Losing them is one of my greatest fears and cause of much anxiety. This novella was both gut wrenching and horrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child death, Suicide, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

meganrae047's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Infertility

leahrosereads's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.25

First and fair warning, I would definitely look at the trigger warnings for this one.  Here are the main ones I noted: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, self harm, child death.  

My eyes didn't stay dry for long while reading this book. Chris's pain of losing her son is so palpable.  And so is her love for him.  This is a fantastic, horrifying novella.  The writing is excellent, and the story instantly sucked me in.  I couldn't stop reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Self harm