Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Weyward by Emilia Hart

37 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Abortion, Alcohol, Animal death, and Body horror

karolinaz's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Stalking, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Body horror

kkenna7's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

heatherjchin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Animal death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Murder, Miscarriage, Child death, Car accident, Abortion, Sexual assault, Self harm, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Bullying, Medical trauma, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Cancer, and War

reptar_etc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Incest, Ableism, Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

allapaz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

oh boy okay, this is a story of 3 women across 400 years and it's woven together so intricately, so beautifully, that I just can't get over it. I would read this if it were 1,000 pages long. the themes and experiences that mirror each other and reach these women in varying stages of finding who they are and how they're connected...it's lovely. this author is magic, some scenes in this book had my breathless with how hauntingly beautiful the descriptions were. what a wild ride. (that being said, read the content warnings on these reviews, spoilers be damned. keep yourself safe pals!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Incest, Medical trauma, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Gore, Abortion, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Rape

Moderate: War

cosycourtney's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I loveddddd this book!!!!!!! A story about the strength of women living in a man’s world, and navigating their lives as solitary outcasts with no support but their own inner strength and connections to nature. Like !! What an incredible fucking story. The stories of our three Weyward women were weaved together so expertly. Their struggles mirrored each other and highlighted the way female suffering at the hands of man have not changed through the ages but by the same measure, neither does the incredible female strength and perseverance through personal tragedy. Female suffering is portrayed differently through literature and media but any women knows that you simply need to get on with it, we have no choice but to persevere and I think that was captured so brilliantly here. Despite the sadness and mistreatment of women I found this book to be comforting; a reminder that it is okay to be alone and that we are capable of impossible things. I loved that I felt transported to a beautiful cottage in the English country side, somewhere I feel I belong despite never having been there yet. I just simply cannot fault this book and hope to return to it in the future either on audio again or if I get my hands on a physical copy! Please consider content warnings before reading!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Rape, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Abortion, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, Body horror, and Domestic abuse