Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Hide by Kiersten White

36 reviews

aaronreadsatad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Body horror, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Classism, Confinement, and Cursing

revonue's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Body horror, Child death, and Child abuse

katelynprice's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Excellent horror! A few scenes made my jaw drop. The diary entries included were especially disturbing. Kiersten White knows exactly what she's doing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Transphobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Child death, and Gun violence

brooketreads's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I love old dilapidated places. A book surrounding an amusement park sounded like chef’s kiss. Unfortunately, there was too much going on. The writing felt all over the place. As a horror, it was disappointing. I never felt scared or thrilled. The point of view was throwing me off. Third person, omniscient. It almost felt like first person at times. I think I have found third person just isn’t my thing. There were too many characters with too much focus on having tragic backstories. It took away from the present. Also, two of the characters had the same name which added unnecessary confusion/ annoyance. I didn’t care about any of the characters either. The author threw in a romance subplot that I found completely unnecessary in what is supposed to be a horror. Also, I found it highly annoying that one male character thinks they may be lesbians I don’t give a f***. Then another male character thinks oh I’ve never been friends with lesbians that would be cool… it was giving straight author trying to pander to the gay community. I may be completely wrong on that.

I enjoyed the pieces about the amusement park, the first chapter about the Amazement Park, the meeting of the inner circle, and the finding of the journal. But, all the other filler was just not great for me. We didn’t need them getting dropped off on a deserted road, the dinner, the spa, or the nightly base camp stuff.

I needed more horror and for no one to survive. There doesn’t always have to be survivors in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death and Cursing

bluelillybooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

This was totally not what I'd expected, but in a good way?

After a very mysterious and intriguing prologue, the first two chapters felt rushed to me. We get introduced to a bunch of new characters, including the 13 others canditates of the game and the main character, as well as the host of the game. That's a lot of information to throw at a reader in the first chapters of a book! I get that this tempo might throw some people off, but believe me it. is. worth. it. And I totally get now why we had to rush through those first character portraits (but would 20 more pages really have hurt? i think not). 

The plot picked up quick and I was immediately immersed in Kiersten White's world. I liked how I didn't care for some characters and cared a lot for others, just like our main character Mack does. Following several characters' point of view into their hiding places increased suspense and helped the reader put together clues before Mack could with the little information she had. 

Can I just say without spoiling anything that I love Brandon and he deserves the world and I'd come live with him in his grandma's house and play games with him and eat pizza and knit him a Christmas sweater and make friendship bracelets ANY DAY.

Also, lesbians! Also, Greek retelling! What's not to love?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Blood, Child death, Gore, Cursing, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Self harm

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

“The Cabin in the Woods” but set it in an decrepit amusement park. That’s it, that’s the plot. 

This was SO promising. A hide and seek competition with a potentially sinister backstory, 14 people in a hunger-games style competition to battle to the end for $50k? Set in a creepy, run down amusement park? Sign me up! Also, that cover! 😍

Unfortunately there are just too many characters and all of them lack depth, I couldn’t tell you anything interesting about ANYONE except for Mack, the most primary character, and even her backstory is muddy and doesn’t feel fully fleshed out. Honestly the best part was the ending, and the very last line in the book- “who fucking cares”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child death, and Emotional abuse

patchy_at_best's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Classism, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Lesbophobia

kcelena's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Murder

shannananahey's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Grief, Homophobia, Colonisation, Misogyny, and Classism

booksofautumn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A really good thriller novel that contains just enough to be considered horror without being overly gory. It reads really fast and kept me entertained the whole time. A good read for Halloween 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Blood, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Racism, Death of parent, Gore, Vomit, War, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, and Drug use