Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud

8 reviews

aleshag's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Another great story to the series! I absolutely love the detail during the supernatural encounters, I can’t put the book down. The story continues to give more info about the secrets in London and within Lockwood & Co. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Cursing

emmonsannae's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I’m so angry the Netflix show stopped here and didn’t get renewed. On the plus side, there are 3 more books! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Body horror

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

Moderate: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Minor: Violence

huntress's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Murder

moonytoast's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious

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

3.5

it's interesting to see the minute or explicit divergences that the show made from this book (compared to the first book in the series)... i think i generally appreciate the changes they made to increase tension/enhance the internal conflict george is experiencing post-exposure to the bone glass

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore and Body horror

saffire_sky's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Death, and Violence

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Kidnapping, and Murder

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

Minor: Murder, Body horror, Blood, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence

tiwllan's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Body horror, Murder, and Death