Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

O corpo dela e outras partes by Carmen Maria Machado

190 reviews

herbsage's review against another edition

3.5

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

oneinamili's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia

readingpicnic's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria

Moderate: Vomit

skipabeat's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I liked The Husband Stitch, Inventory, and The Resident. The worst story is that one of fake Law and Order SVU episode plots. Makes use of a lot of graphic imagery and pain/embarrassment/shame.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy

calicot's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder, Rape

Minor: Body shaming, Vomit

readingrainboww's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

accusatori's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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

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One of my favorite books, for sure. Good enough that I wrote my undergraduate thesis on it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief

jojo_'s review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark 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, Death, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual content, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Gore, Rape

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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August 2021 reread: Ugh. Literally every time I read this collection it rips out my heart. Especially "The Husband Stitch" (one of my absolute favorite short stories of all time, and I've made everyone from my old roommate to my ex read it now) and "Mothers." The stories about the end of the world (mostly "Inventory" and "Real Women Have Bodies") hit extra hard during a global pandemic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief

Minor: Rape

5aru's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I loved these. I normally do not enjoy short story reading, as it doesn't suit my reading habits (I like to read a lot in a single sitting), but Machado's writing is phenomenal. Surgically precise and emotionally raw, her stories do not shy away from the dark recesses of humanity, and especially of womanhood; I loved the way she uses the supernatural to enhance her storytelling in a way that leaves you wondering, hovering between one world and the other and wondering what is real, or whether the real matters at all.

I advise a bit of care if picking this one up, as the stories deal with rather dark themes that may be potentially triggering, and Machado does not skimp on description.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Vomit

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts