Reviews - Eyes Guts Throat Bones

Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

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Equal parts creepy, queer and beautiful - I loved the gut punch that so many of these stories left me with. The surrealism blended with relatability and existentialism is exactly my style. I’m looking forward to reading more from Fowley and I’m so glad to have picked this up at a bookshop employee’s recommendation in a Scottish feminist bookshop.

nelli_lakatos's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional medium-paced

‘𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓈𝓅𝒶𝒸𝑒, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝓁𝒶𝒹𝓎, ℱ𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓈𝓃’𝓉 𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝒹𝑒𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒹.’ ‘ℐ’𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒹. ℐ 𝒹𝑒𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒹.’

“𝒫𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎.”

“ℐ𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒.”

Ahh this flowery writing style was so perfect and beautifully executed. I melted reading all the pretty lines.

I knew I will love this book the moment I saw the cover of it. It is literally the most gorgeous piece of art I’ve ever seen and with a title like this!

In horror I’m usually looking for the gore and extremity but in this one I appreciated every single stunning detail. These short stories were revolving around sapphic relationships and motherhood. They were enchanting and dark. It was obvious to me how talented the author is. I’m so excited to read more by this wonderful writer in the future. If you love unapologetic female characters, prose like writing that is easy to understand and fall in love with then please don’t hesitate to pick up this novel. It was truly brilliant!

The story called “The summoning” was absolutely hilarious, even the writing felt so different and fun.

My favorite story of this collection was “Two truths and a lie” I absolutely loved both the storyline and the writing style.

emileafhopper's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective

didipooka's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Absolutely delicious.

I read this so quickly, yet was savouring every word. Each story making me pause and digest. These linger in the most exquisite way. Sinister, Queer, dark, poetic, apocalyptic. Stories begging to be devoured.

Content Warnings

rkjreads's review against another edition

4.75

I really enjoyed this, I loved the exploration of lesbianism from a wide range of perspectives from childhood through motherhood. I also loved the speculative elements and hints of horror sprinkled throughout. My favourite stories were Only Corpses Stay, Rath, and Big Round Ball of Light and the Water, but there were so many that I enjoyed across the collection. Recommend for fans of Julia Armfield.