Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Cipher by Kathe Koja

15 reviews

saarraahh11's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Body horror

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Death, Gore, and Physical abuse

sarah984's review

challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.0

I've been wanting to read this one for a while and it did not disappoint: nasty characters in nasty situations as everything spins out of control. It got a little repetitive for me near the end and the kindle edition had some annoying OCR errors but overall highly recommended to anyone who likes weird horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Body horror

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Drug use, Vomit, Ableism, and Excrement

keen's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Confinement

Minor: Excrement and Blood

fanglyfish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Toxic relationship

kt_jams's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gore and Body horror

kurumipanda's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Gore, Mental illness, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

Moderate: Grief, Blood, Drug use, and Vomit

Minor: Confinement

judassilver's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Minor: Gun violence, Cannibalism, Car accident, Homophobia, and Excrement

funfamilyvideos's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Excrement, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Confinement

parasitoid_apologist's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious

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

5.0

yeah it's about a bunch of shitty unlikable people obsessing over a hole for a few hundred pages. and it's one of my favourite books ever in the world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual content, Body horror, and Suicide attempt

sapphire_mayo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Addiction, and Suicidal thoughts