Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Society for Soulless Girls by Laura Steven

13 reviews

grrrlbrarian's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

A really enjoyable read - loved how dark, tense and moody this novel was. Also loved the relationship between Lottie and Alice, and Alice's past with Noemie, which really echoed my own experience as a teenager. About 2/3 of the way through the book, I did start to feel a bit lost and the plot felt like it was all over the place, but it all came back together in the end.

Side note specific to the audiobook: this is the first audiobook I've listened to, and although I loved the narrators' emotional and funny performance, I did find it frustrating that they constantly mispronounced things, including Hafsah's name. Could really have done with someone to check pronunciations during recording.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Chronic illness, Suicide, Misogyny, and Vomit

miaaa_lenaaa's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Slay (literally)
Moody sapphic dark academia? What more could i ask for

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Physical abuse, Animal death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

matheo's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Child death, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Medical content, and Mental illness