Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

43 reviews

trickphoenix's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Racism

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

cheye13's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Highly recommend the audiobook.

I think the first book had to do a lot of unfortunate fame- and internet-related groundwork to make this book possible, so for those who felt let down by An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, I urge you to continue with this sequel. I liked the first one fine, but this one is indeed remarkable.

I'm a sucker for an ensemble cast, and the plot offers a lot of insight into current affairs. Occasionally a bit too close for comfort – akin to reading 1984 in 1984, I imagine. A timely and skillfully executed science fiction story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Racism, Violence, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Not explicitly police brutality, but a scene with a police altercation may be upsetting. Some dicussions of and/or conflations of reality vs virtual reality may be upsetting.

mxfahrenheit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, and Grief

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Police brutality, and Kidnapping

scruffie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Death, Sexism, and Vomit

oracle's review against another edition

hopeful informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Confinement, Blood, and Vomit

nomatophobia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

It was good, but, compared to the first book, it was not. It felt like so many good ideas thrown into one book that just don't work well together.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, and Racism

Minor: Medical content

theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

What an absolute fucking ride. Thank you Hank for this story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body horror, Gun violence, Racism, and Grief

homesickforwilderworlds's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

A good sequel, and the audiobook is amazing, but I found myself vaguely underwhelmed by the ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror