Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper

3 reviews

takecoverbooksptbo's review against another edition

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

4.0


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floorsalad's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Absolutely delightful! Went into this knowing nothing other than the blurb on the back and that it was queer. Enthralling and atmospheric, gritty and thrilling.

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

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This is basically extremely sincerely what I'd want from a eldritch horror story. I do wish there were more Black characters and Characters of Color though. Or does the eldritch gods only target white people? Idk...

The mythology is pretty interesting and thankfully bare bones. If it went on excessively I think it'd cheapen it. I give credit to the author for knowing when to stop in an eldritch horror story. Um I loved this. cant wait to read the rest of her works omg. Piper you bad mother somethinger, you've done it again!!

The prose is fantastic. Purple as eldritch genre needs to be, but not to the point of escaping up its own ass about it. The descriptions of the monsters was chefs kiss, very creepy and dreadful.

Content warnings
minor death,  serial killers, rape, torture, q slur once

medium medical abuse, lesbophobia, sexual harassment,  sexual content, vomit, cults, 

major body horror,  death, gore, dysphoria,  transmisogyny, murder,  violence, unreality,  confinement, 

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