Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

11 reviews

julesmae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

Another hauntingly composed work of mythology and history from Katherine Arden who is quickly cementing herself aiming my favorite authors of all time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Body horror

Minor: Suicide

kirtreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

This book took me over two months to read because it is raw, emotional, dark, and does not throw punches. I had to listen in bits and then process and then come back. I can understand why the author calls this “the fiend”. I normally hate war fiction but this felt so raw and real, and I actually cared about the characters. 

This novel isn’t sad for the sake of being sad. I think Kathrine Arden actually does a great job of capturing the inexplicable and crazy hope that people can have in their darkest moments. However, it still is dark. The ending will crush you, but it is so worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Xenophobia, Suicide, Abandonment, Body horror, Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Terminal illness, Vomit, Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Classism, Cursing, Deportation, and Sexism

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, War, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Excrement

euleau's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Death of parent

sersi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

as a MCU fan, I simply could not take anything seriously once I realized this was basically WWI Stucky 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Gore

lila_still_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Medical content, Gore, Confinement, War, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Torture

Minor: Medical trauma

bhillenb's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Pg 50: make the Canadian and the German soldiers gay you coward
Pg 318: Thank you Katherine for my life

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Body horror

Moderate: Medical trauma and Medical content

Minor: Blood

pixie23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, War, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, and Grief

madlyreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Gore, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders