Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims

54 reviews

rayne_fall's review

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Cannibalism, Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Child death, and Drug use

Minor: Transphobia, Colonisation, Chronic illness, Homophobia, and Suicide

One of the ghosts is a chronically ill older man who was due to be evicted after his partner died and it's implied that he took his own life as a result of this. It's also mentioned that the same character didn't receive anything from his partner's estate as a result of either a lack of legal recognition or his partner's family being homophobic

One of the main characters gave his digital assistant control of everything in his apartment. The assistant becomes haunted and acts outside of its programming, eventually imprisoning him in the apartment and replacing him with a doppelganger who's supposed to be a better version of him

Another main character experiences severe insomnia and becomes dependent on a fictional medicine (which was recalled due to side effects) in order to sleep

nodustollens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Police brutality, Blood, Murder, Body horror, and Classism

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, and Cannibalism

Minor: Deadnaming and Deportation

vstarlight's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence

ofi's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Classism, and Death

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Body horror, Death, Cannibalism, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Deadnaming, Alcohol, Transphobia, and Colonisation

phantompansy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gore, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Addiction

courtneyfalling's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

You can tell the author is used to writing podcasts. This has a fast-paced murder mystery feel and I’d imagine the audiobook is stellar. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

sapphic_reader's review against another edition

dark medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Cannibalism, and Body horror

Moderate: Gore, Bullying, Death, and Blood

Minor: Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Addiction

ladyinverse's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

this book was a slow start but as more mystery piled in, the more intriguing it was. the end was horrifying, constructed beautifully and was very satisfying. 10/10, will be mildly traumatized for the rest of the day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Medical content, Grief, and Kidnapping

bazer63's review

dark inspiring mysterious medium-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

4.5

Excellently distrubing exploration of anti-capitalist themes, if you liked the Magnus Archives, you will probably like this.

There is literal eating the rich, what more can I say

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Mental illness, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Cannibalism