Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

El laberinto del fauno by Guillermo del Toro

3 reviews

xiggy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: War

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Drug use

bibliophilecats's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Unnecessarily gruesome. Not YA.
Only good thing is the ending of Ofelia's story.
The mix of child's sort of innocent viewpoint with horror and gore did not work for me at all. No idea what the target audience/age demographic is supposed to be.
Cannot recommen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

naiu_cs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

While I really enjoyed this book, because it was indeed a very exciting anf yet easy read, I do not think that it is actually suited for the targeted age group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Grief