Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

29 reviews

crowyhead's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Grief, Body horror, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Blood, Excrement, Car accident, Cannibalism, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Child death

Minor: Genocide, Classism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Racism

yagirltasha's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism

hoole95's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Child death, Cannibalism, Addiction, Abortion, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Cursing, Body horror, Blood, Grief, Drug abuse, and Death

ramblepatch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Toxic relationship, Death, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Vomit, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Body horror, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Child death, Colonisation, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Infidelity, Medical content, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

I honestly expected more of a horror story featuring ghosts. I ended up with a commentary on drug abuse and addiction. Which wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't expecting something else entirely. I'm usually one with a strong stomach (I have to be as a trauma nurse) but this sickened me so much, it's a miracle I got through it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Vomit, Gore, and Addiction

Moderate: Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Abortion

rbradley135's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Cannibalism, Gore, and Vomit

breeann's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, and Grief

l_piller's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

Moderate: Cannibalism

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Though I enjoyed the process of reading this book, I'm not sure what to make of it coming out the other side. There are so many different themes throughout that I'm just not sure where to land on the point of the book being, and I'm not sure if it knows itself either. Didn't make it a bad experience for me by any means, but I just didnt get that "aha!" moment of realizing how everything connects and the meaning of it. Was this a metaphor for addiction in general? An autonomous fungus taking over? Actual ghosts at the heart of everything? Not sure. But I enjoyed the process. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Cannibalism, Death, Vomit, Body horror, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Gore, Death of parent, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse and Sexual content

pretzelocity's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Death, Vomit, Drug use, and Child death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Body horror

Minor: Cannibalism