Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

242 reviews

infernalcrypt's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

j_schley's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

zany25's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

5.0

The vibes I get is either you’re going to love this book or hate it with little in between. The narration is detail oriented to a fault and I feel it perfectly suits a scientific protagonist, and I find the perspective of a scientist who’s slowly eroding witnessing nigh indescribable events to be peak fiction. 

Maybe I just love women transforming. A gaming friend recommended this to me because he thought I could relate to the protagonist. I feel called out but I enjoyed it immensely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism and Cancer

Existential at many points.

dizzycow420's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Couldn’t put it down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

arayo's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

saraaai's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Cancer and Suicide

Minor: Vomit

ashleybakerwrites's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

It was pretty good! Definitely unlike any book I've ever read. I thought the writing was very interestingly technical. I can say it probably won't work for everyone- but if you settle in for the atmosphere rather than the character development- you'll have a good time. The stuff was spooky- and I'd recc this to all my sciencey/foragey friends. I feel like they'd get a kick out of this. May return to the series later if I keep thinking about this like I am now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

old_oak_owl's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Death

sophieamreacher's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Strange and intriguing, I just had to keep reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kaiyakaiyo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This was… strange. didn’t vibe with the narrator so it was a bit of a drag to finish, but man was it wild. nothing like the movie, in good and bad ways. 

will be reading the next one! or at least trying a sample of it before deciding to not 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder