Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Transmuted by Eve Harms

10 reviews

finleyfrogreads's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Dysphoria, Body horror, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

mandi_lea's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

bloupibloupreads's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Transphobia, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, and Fatphobia

Minor: Deadnaming

bowlingforboots's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Gore, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Transphobia, Death of parent, and Body shaming

Minor: Kidnapping, Cancer, Deadnaming, and Fatphobia

perfectcupoftea's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Body horror, and Death of parent

wyabook234's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Dysphoria, and Medical content

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent and Deadnaming

vigil's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, Deadnaming, Gore, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Transphobia, Fatphobia, and Violence

sarah_bookshelf's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

If you're debating whether the content will trigger you or not, that's probably a sign you should give this one a miss. I can't explain why I loved it so much, but it probably had a lot to do with the shock factor! It's a horror romp, and it definitely gets off on turning your stomach - a lot of body horror and very specific details about non-consensual surgery and alterations, in a "freakshow" vein. I think in the end the author really makes a point about the messiness and trauma of the trans experience, and I love that the story doesn't shy away from the absolute worst case scenario that might go through someone's head before undergoing surgery. I will definitely be checking out the other novellas in this Rewind or Die series! And I'll keep an eye on Eve Harms: their writing style is so readable and real, and it really pulls you into the moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Torture, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Excrement and Alcohol

Minor: Deadnaming, Cancer, and Death of parent

sarah984's review

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

I had a lot of fun with this one. Buckets of body horror, a plucky protagonist you want to root for, and an absolutely bonkers final showdown. Books in this series are supposed to capture the feel of 80s horror movies and this author definitely understood the assignment.

There was a little bit of weird language use around mental health (I mostly noticed this because the main character calls out fatphobia in the text and then immediately calls another character psychotic) and I wasn't a huge fan of the ending (I get why it went down that way but I wish it had ended like maybe 3 paragraphs earlier) but overall if you like your horror gooey and bizarre, I would recommend this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Transphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism

henrygravesprince's review

challenging mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I took an unfortunate break from reading due to health reasons right at the end of this book, but when I was able to read again, it sucked me right back in. My only complaint would be about ebook formatting and some minor grammatical & spelling errors. Very much feels like an 80s horror movie gem of dysphoric body horror and trans political commentary put on page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Body shaming, Dysphoria, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Transphobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Fatphobia