Reviews tagging 'Death'

Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

74 reviews

g_xandra's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Minor: Domestic abuse and Medical content

aribrand's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Cancer, and Blood

bstephens0515's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

3.75

what the fuck did i just read 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

chasingpages1's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Torture, Cancer, Body horror, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, Pregnancy, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Confinement, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Genocide

Minor: Trafficking, Gun violence, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Infertility, Rape, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

shinyopals's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cancer, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Gore, Self harm, Murder, Medical trauma, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Injury/Injury detail

heliopteryx's review against another edition

5.0

This book is based on the short story Magdala Amygdala, available free here: https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/magdala-amygdala/

I became interested in the novel version when I heard it described as, "desecration of the feminine, but in a feminist way." And it really is. Some might think the feminist messages are too ham-fisted, but I thought they made sense in the story even if it was a character directly telling the reader what we are supposed to understand from a scene. Such as in part 1, where Erin is telling the reader about going with her friend who was getting an IUD,

and how the friend went into shock during the attempted insertion. The boyfriend didn't go with her, but Erin thinks he should have, so he could see the cost of sex for his girlfriend. Later on in this section, Erin goes with Betty to get an operation to remove the top of her skull so Erin can lick up her cerebrospinal fluid.

The reader is meant to understand these two scenes are the same, and Erin is doing for her girlfriend what the unnamed boyfriend should have done for Erin's friend: be there and hold her hand, witnessing the suffering and devotion. 

When first reading the short story, I was expecting it to be sci fi, but you will enjoy these better if you are expecting fantasy cosmic horror. Compared to the short story, the book does a better job of blending realistic sci fi exposition with the fantastic.

Despite the incredibly gross and disturbing imagery throughout, upon finishing this book, my first thought was, "that was beautiful." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Blood, Cancer, Medical content, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Infertility and Forced institutionalization

miriam_in_life's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, Gore, Murder, Death, Medical trauma, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Excrement, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

kurumipanda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Vomit, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Self harm, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Sexism, Grief, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Police brutality, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault and Trafficking

enbyrd44's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? No

4.75

Octopus space alien biological warfare, what more could you want!?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Violence, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Body horror, Death, Blood, and Medical content

calicodoll's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Sexual content