Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

31 reviews

slothrop_garp's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Gun violence, Child abuse, Body horror, Racial slurs, War, Torture, Murder, Genocide, Child death, Gore, and Blood

ciinamongiirl's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

CRAZIEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ. JAW DROPPED. really good though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Gore, Hate crime, War, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Racial slurs, Blood, Death, Genocide, Racism, and Violence

gorbon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Body horror, Death, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

masterofmusix's review against another edition

It's incredibly gory, racist torture porn and I couldn't stand to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Torture, Trafficking, Racism, Gore, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Animal death, Blood, Colonisation, Slavery, and War

cryingalot49's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Violence, Animal death, Cursing, Mental illness, Racism, Body horror, Colonisation, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

daylemaree92's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Animal death, Body horror, and War

ak9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

5.0

Brutal and disgusting but beautiful and poignant 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, Misogyny, Abandonment, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, and Xenophobia

luis0n7i's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Although this is one of the best books I have ever read by far, I would only recommend it to a few people. The prose is jarring at first and if you know anything about this book, you know the amount of explicit and terrible violence that happens within. Despite this, it is still some of the most incredible, impressive and even beautiful prose I have read in my entire life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Xenophobia, Torture, Violence, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, War, Sexism, Sexual violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Dementia, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, and Genocide

joyful_tomato's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

venusenvy's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Genocide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Rape