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Girl Flesh by May Leitz

4 reviews

pantrat's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Eating disorder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Blood

Moderate: Transphobia, Alcoholism, Confinement, Deadnaming, Vomit, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Self harm

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Rape, Excrement, Sexual violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

right_kidney's review

dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Some strong writing much of the time, interesting premise and character development (including development of the narrators understanding of other characters). Super graphic and disgusting at times in a way that didn’t feel like cheap shock factor gore

Without spoilers, my only major complaint is that the main character’s reflective narration sometimes got repetitive, especially in the early to middle section of the book. I would’ve liked to see an exploration into other elements of her mind/past or at least different approaches to what themes were included. It sometimes felt like the author didn't trust the reader to understand the character through what she’d already written, and added a very blunt statement to make sure we understood (and sometimes repeating that statement multiple times).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Violence, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Transphobia, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Vomit

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Addiction, Animal death, and Sexual violence

laudateluna's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Leitz is an incredible author. Her debut shocked me into crying for an hour. Her sophomore novel made me an advocate for her work. She writes a dire and (not but) hopeful lovestory in girl flesh. Leitz creates unwelcome scenes. Each sentence viciously cutting out detail you dont want to be a witness too. It's main pair are loveable struggling assholes to anyone that isn't them. They're in an impossible position and yet they find the ability to love and trust. It's a theme that has been central to Leitz's whole body of work so far. 
Girl Flesh is a testament to the horror of true love. Because loving isnt easy. It requires bloody sacrafice. 

I can't tell you if it's going to be worth it to you. Girl Flesh is a hard read. One you might find repulsive. I did. I hated reading through many of the chapters. This book stands out from the depths of shit that plague horror fiction. Leitz is an author first, one that happens to be versed in genre fiction. Her second published story went hard. I implore anyone daring to engross themselves into Leitz's outstanding prose. It will leave you haunted for a better, loving world

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Body horror, Vomit, Hate crime, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Police brutality, Transphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Murder, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Body shaming, and Car accident

atranscryptid's review

dark emotional funny tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, and Suicide attempt