Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

7 reviews

creationwing's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

The story was fine, and the descriptions of nature were quiet good. I found it could be verbose at times, and, as others have pointed out, the dialogue was wasn't the strongest. While I liked the characters like Jumpin and such, the author builds tension only to accidentally deflate it too quickly and too soon. I have mixed feelings about this book. I got emotional at times, but it was lacking something that made the transition between the two (eventually coinciding) timelines choppy. The time jump in the last few chapters felt especially abrupt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Grief, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Cursing, Hate crime, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Blood, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Animal death

Minor: Addiction, Medical content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, War, Mental illness, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Drug use, Infertility, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

Graphic depictions of domestic violence, including against children.

A (frankly unnecessary) scene involving racist hate crime and slurs.

First period Coercion of sex / dubious consent / wear her down Some injuries are described quite graphically, more than expected, at least Implied painful sexual experiences. Attempted sexual assault.

meganpbennett's review against another edition

The sections of Kya living by herself in the swamps wasn't appealing to me, while the murder mystery was, and there wasn't enough murder mystery to keep me reading to find out more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Animal death, Cursing, Blood, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Classism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, and Body horror

Minor: Cancer and Car accident

blissofalife's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

Beautifully written, I hardly realized there was a plot until I smack in the middle of it. It felt almost refreshing to feel intertwined with the main characters thoughts and emotions.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

kadengrace's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Death, Animal death, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, Classism, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Racial slurs, Body horror, Rape, Child death, and Confinement

deveyway's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I need to know more. I need a sequel or a prequel or something. I just need more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, and Self harm

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Chills. when i tell you i had chills reading this book………. ridiculous. amazing. i’m speechless. it’s been a long while since a book has left me feeling this way. the imagery and the personality and just everything about this book had me smiling, laughing, crying, hurting, and feeling so many more emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence