Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Yo que nunca supe de los hombres by Jacqueline Harpman

16 reviews

commiebeatle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Confinement, and Gore

plantedpaperbacks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide, Death, Confinement, and Body horror

neliadiedenise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Death, Confinement, Gore, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Blood, Dementia, Infertility, and Terminal illness

sakisreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

I had seen this all over BookTok and I am easily influenced so I bought a copy immediately when I saw a copy at a book fair 😂

I’m puzzled by this one. I could not put it down, even though it explained NOTHING (e.g. why were these women trapped in the bunker?!). I was upset by some of the more graphic scenes (which I’ll detail in the content warnings below), but still wanted it to keep going 😳 Literature is so powerful.

I’m giving this 3.5 out of 5 stars. I’d recommend it if you’re looking for something with a Margaret Atwood energy. Fascinating! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Moderate: Misogyny

sydneylount's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cancer, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Infertility, and Kidnapping

afternoondreamer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I really loved this book. It gave so much room for reflection and questioning yourself and what it means to be human. It leaves me speechless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cancer

juli161's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Drug use, Suicide, Violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, and Murder

ladybergart's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, and Suicide

gabbynasty's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Cancer, Body horror, Alcohol, Grief, Kidnapping, Suicide, Blood, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Murder, Infertility, Suicide attempt, and Violence

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Some thought provoking statements throughout the book!

Intriguing story that gave me darker “unbreakable kimmy Schmidt” vibes. There’s no real answers to why the women are held, where they are, etc which I didn’t love or hate. It made sense for the story to not give us answers but I don’t always enjoy books like that either.

I enjoyed it enough, and can understand why others love the book. It’s a character driven book and the pace of the story jumps around a lot through time, skipping years at a time. Overall not a bad book and one I may dwell on for some time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Confinement, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Cancer, and Suicide