Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

21 reviews

thecrimsoncorsair's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I would give the book a much higher rating, but Hank Green managed to write one of the worst protagonists I've ever come across. Fuck, April May is just awful. I was rooting for her death from beginning to end of this damn book. She's just a pure scumbag to everyone around her. Annoying. Selfish, narcissist who was still worrying about views in the midst of dying!! Her character alone brought the entire book down. Had it been written from the perspective of literally any other character the book would have garnered a much higher rating. But as it is... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Xenophobia, Biphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Outing, Violence, and Toxic relationship

shoohoob's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Misogyny, Gun violence, Blood, Cursing, Confinement, and Body horror

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, and Biphobia

moa's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Biphobia, Death, and Medical content

cocoreads02's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood and Body horror

katielaine_w's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body horror, Blood, and Grief

readandfindout's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Style/writing: 3 stars
Themes: 5 stars
Characters: 2.5 stars
Plot: 4.5 stars
Worldbuilding: 3.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Outing, Biphobia, Gun violence, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

moonytoast's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-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

3.25

enjoyable read but dragged in the middle section of the book to the point i started debating DNF-ing…. glad i didn’t though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

Minor: Biphobia, Murder, Homophobia, Death, and Violence

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Medical content, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Grief, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Biphobia