Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

37 reviews

gabbynasty's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Child death, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Gore, Incest, Murder, and Sexual violence

lesemaus2303's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Abandonment, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Animal death, Cannibalism, Rape, Classism, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Pedophilia, Racism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

zauet's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Death, Excrement, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Genocide, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Rape, Pregnancy, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Suicide, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

nooni56's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I found that the book dragged on quite a bit during the second half, but whoa - that ending. Amazing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Body horror

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Cannibalism and Suicidal thoughts

hilary_reads_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Stalking, Pedophilia, and Excrement

haileymundell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, and Death

jemmo's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

bi2bi's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.0

es un libro rarísimo y lentísimo en algunos momentos, pero la idea es muy original e interesante y es un escritor muy bueno. me gustó porque es diferente pero a veces es un poco tostón.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Murder, Torture, Cannibalism, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Blood

rain_blackbird's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Torture, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, and Murder

sarina_klinst's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

How can you come Up with a book Like that?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Cannibalism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Murder