Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

O corpo dela e outras partes by Carmen Maria Machado

190 reviews

abigailbat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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: Complicated

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This creepy collection examines what it’s like to have a body as a woman with a fantasy horror angle. I had a crush on Carmen Maria Machado after reading her memoir and this just solidifies that. Great for horror fans, especially if you enjoy body horror and/or social commentary in your horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Complicated

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favorites: especially heinous and real women have bodies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia

helhas3letters's review against another edition

2.5

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria

kshertz's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious slow-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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Everything about this book is complicated. It’s a mix of short stories that are heavily sexual, and deal with a lot of different worlds and themes. It was hard for me to follow at times. I definitely liked some stories more than others. Overall I think it is like a niche group of people that would really enjoy this work and I just don’t think it was something that was for me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

hexedmaiden's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional fast-paced

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Honestly a solid collection of short horror stories. I enjoyed Carmen’s writing a lot and I’m excited to see whatever else she writes in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault

estellazacharia10's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Blood

bashsbooks's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Her Body And Other Parties taps into the horror of being seen as a woman - and emphasizes it with a fine and careful touch of the surreal. Thought-provoking and cerebral, Machado doesn't hold back on displaying the female body in all its gory glory. It is unsettling and horrifying, but in a very real and relatable way - there are no jumpscares here, only uncomfortable truths. Like all short story collections, I liked some of the stories more than others (I enjoyed "Inventory" and "Especially Heinous" the most) though they are all worth a read, as every story in this collection churned in my mind for days after reading it. I can't wait to see what Machado writes next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic

-Explicit description of a flu-like illness. -Explicit description of popping pimple-like welts.

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Gaslighting

jialianyang's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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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A haunting book about queer women. They are from different backgrounds, telling their experiences in various ways. It is like stepping into another's mind over and over. This is a book where you must be ok with being sad, confused, desiring, hurting, haunted, lost. The women are not the side characters here, but they are also not always in control. Disorienting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Colonisation

fell4's review against another edition

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Too dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Sexual content, Pregnancy

Minor: Rape