Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang

1 review

themelodyofspring's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was surprisingly good. Kept me at the edge of my seat. I had suspicions about the culprit, and I liked how I was wrong but still close. At least the one person I trusted turned out to be good 😊
Trigger warnings: substance abuse, withdrawal symptoms, domestic abuse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Pregnancy, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship