Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

72 reviews

allyf21's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Gore, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

itsawilddanni's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book…. just…. This book. 

It’s dark and severely twisted. Not for the faint of heart at all! But I loved it. It did go a bit too quick for my liking, which is why it’s 4 starts instead of 5, but think mafia, dual perspective, “don’t touch her”, “who did this to you”, “look at her and you’ll die”. There’s a LOT of sex, a LOT of violence, but if you’re into that, this should be a walk in the park! 

The further into the book you get, the better it is - so hold on through a couple of chapters at least. 

A cool concept that’s been executed well! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Alcohol, Blood, and Gun violence

Minor: Bullying, Incest, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

walskishere's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

This book was... fine. I think the gore was gratuitous, even for dark romance. I just don't think that kind of explicit content is for me. The spicy scenes were good, if a bit repetitive. I probably wouldn't recommend this unless you can handle blood, gore, and body horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

lizzie_b99's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Torture, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Confinement, Death, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

Minor: Pregnancy

sierranorgan's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Really enjoyed this one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death of parent, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

brianna0205's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Lovedddd this book. Read it faster than any book I’ve ever read. It kept me “hooked” the entire time. There were no slow parts what so ever in this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Torture

c_c_celeste's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Blood, Torture, Body horror, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Death

kamkam360's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Body horror, Drug use, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Blood, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Addiction, Confinement, Misogyny, Bullying, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

melissaslibraryy's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pregnancy