Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Chouette by Claire Oshetsky

10 reviews

kristasorocks's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Ableism, Blood, Vomit, Excrement, and Body horror

Moderate: Dementia

alyssapusateri'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infidelity, Excrement, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Sexual content, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Cursing, Misogyny, and Gaslighting

i'm not really sure how to tag this considering there is such a mix of metaphors or what i thought were metaphors... i don't even know

billcbentley's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

kys831's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Pregnancy, Ableism, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

beatboxboyfriend's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Animal death, Pregnancy, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

Moderate: Abortion, Mental illness, and Sexism

cviii's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Excrement, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, and Gore

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Pregnancy, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Cursing, and Religious bigotry

catwhisperer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Animal death and Gaslighting

tualha's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

My experience of this book was odd. I completely enjoyed the concept and the themes. Who wouldn't be excited by the story of an owl baby produced by illicit lesbian owl-human-love? I was drawn to the fierceness of the depiction of motherhood, of protecting your child from forces that would seek to "fix" her, the hollowness that can result from caring for a child, let alone with needs unlike those of "dog children". Chouette doesn't really set out to give you any answers, and leaves you with a lot more questions, and a general feeling of unease for most of the book. This is generally a quality I like in books. But I felt like there was something missing for me to hold onto in this book, like a thread of music I couldn't quite catch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion

ctrl_shift_dlt's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma and Murder

Minor: Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Cannibalism