Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

O corpo dela e outras partes by Carmen Maria Machado

190 reviews

thiccarus's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Body shaming, Rape, Blood, Alcohol

bumbly_bee's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Grief

aeeilmn's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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surrealist, abstract horror from a feminist perspective. a confrontation with everything i find scary or gross in raw love and sexuality, or humanity. a weird feeling of warmth and terror throughout the whole book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content

msradiosilence's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting

lunar_lesbian's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Vomit

pumpkinpiechey's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual content

megansoetaert's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

ashleycmms's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Rape

justnei's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 i understand what message each story is trying to convey, but the journey to get there is more difficult for me to grasp. i feel like i am on the cusp of understanding, but it's still JUST out of reach. the stories are just abstract enough to be beyond my full understanding. despite my murky understanding of most stories, i appreciate that the message is more below the surface, as i tend to find the overt messaging of some books on the same topic too in your face, which i find is sometimes cringy and a bit too superficial. 

some stories were better than others, but the two that really fell flat for me were Mothers, and Especially Heinous. the first one was confusing and the second one was tedious and went on for far too long.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder

blymanor's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A collection of short stories covering topics such as abuse, boundaries and politics. I loved it, though some stories were better than others. My favourite was the Mothers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Rape, Vomit, Murder