Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

O corpo dela e outras partes by Carmen Maria Machado

190 reviews

epellegrino's review against another edition

5.0

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Rape

nialiversuch's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol

bubblyfemme's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship

alexiconic's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 37%

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Short story collections are a hit or miss for me. 

If this were a physical book, I would skip ahead until I got to a story that was no longer about

Law and Order

. It is too repetitive and absurd in audio form. 

But I adored the first stories, especially the story about the ribbon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Police brutality, Gaslighting

doomluz's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A strong collection of short stories. My favorites were “The Husband Stitch”, “Eight Bites”, “Real Women Have Bodies” and “The Resident”. I love how the stories feel both ethereal and grounded.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault

tinyjude's review against another edition

2.25

dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I guess not for me but I appreciate the creativeness 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, Alcohol

tomesandtash's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious

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Gosh, I really thought I would love this book but I’m starting to think that short story collections really aren’t for me. I found most of the stories confusing and hard to follow and just, generally, unengaging. And don’t get me started on the awfully confusing Law and Order retelling thing - it was so long and boring and I didn’t know what was happening half the time. I didn’t like the writing and I just didn’t enjoy the reading experience but I know that this book will be absolutely perfect for a lot of people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content

jennazim's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

madelonpaige's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Sexual content, Dysphoria

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Illness outbreak, epidemic ("Inventory"). Unreality ("Especially Heinous"). Insects ("Eight Bites," "The Resident"). Illness ("The Resident").