Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith

36 reviews

ynotlime's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Incest, and Body horror

alayamorning's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Animal cruelty, Rape, Vomit, and Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder and Pregnancy

etherealsuju's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

teainthelibrary's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Body horror

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Rape

tamara_joy's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Racism, and Rape

ericageorge91's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

This book was a slow burn love. I was invested from the beginning because I needed to know what happened to the missing girls/women but it also felt like a puzzle?? There are multiple POV and time jumps but each character’s perspective would reference previous characters provide further insight to their  background. I found myself looking forward to discovering these little nuggets and callbacks. 

The horror in this story would slowly creep in the best way possible. Several scenes had me shivering. Please read this book!! 🤗

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexism, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, War, Incest, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Vomit

adam_nie's review

dark mysterious fast-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

4.25

Dramatic irony! Crossed paths! I'm too squeamish for capital h Horror, but Kupersmith handles upsetting material well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Blood

mateoj's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

oh this was so good. this was so good! just the right side of scary without being over-the-top, the storylines integrated (near) seamlessly... I'm kind of in awe. not that it was perfect, because it wasn't, but that's a damn good book. 
(and once again we have a book that taps into one of my very specific fears/fascinations: two-headed snakes!) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Murder, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Moderate: Excrement, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Fire/Fire injury

feebles640's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Racism and Rape

Minor: Incest and Eating disorder

rluo2294's review

challenging sad medium-paced

5.0

I truly feel haunted by this novel. As much as I enjoy the intricate network of characters and interconnected stories and supernatural/mystery elements, I realllly appreciate the understated emotional themes; Kupersmith conveys a lot below the surface of her words--history (esp colonialism), trauma, rage, violence, culture, grief.
Also Winnie's relationship with her body... oof

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Content Warnings

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Body horror