Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

121 reviews

anthuriumskies's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

gay cannibals? um 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mayapharaoh's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

dark, chilling, twisted, and compelling. one of the modern horror greats, imo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sunitam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

anxiousbookclub's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Islamophobia, and Grief

lkazuk's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

possumpages's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

I know that saying a book like this is amongst my favorites probably says several disquieting things about me but I genuinely do love it. it's revels in its grotesque and has such visceral metaphors I just want to lay in it. disgusting, but excellent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Gore, Suicide, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual violence

gmelrose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

The book was interesting. It was the right amount of gruesome and intriguing, though it was quite ambiguous. In style of writing it was straightforward and easy to understand, it definitely made me queasy. As for the plot, I didn’t really understand it, though it ended quite surprisingly; granted the book was short, and it made me not want to put it down, I read it fast. Maybe the fact that it was fast-paced and a bit distanced from a proper reason for it. The book is clearly character-driven, and the characterization was the best part, in my opinion. I liked the switch up between narrators and their languages, a neat detail. A thing that really threw me off was the use of the n-word, coming from a white writer, not glamorous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

yellowdays99's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Sexual harassment

goromajima's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Incest

nictariine's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Murder