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pandoraschaos 's review for:
Blood on Her Tongue
by Johanna van Veen
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Audiobook: 9 hours, 2 minutes. Actual listen time: unknown, listened on Hoopla at 1.75 speed
Gothic horror is usually one of my favorite genres, but this one wasn’t doing it for me
The story seemed to allude to vampirism both in the first 1/4 of the book and the blurb on both Goodreads and StoryGraph. It was not that at all. I think it was closer to the anime Parasyte.
I don’t think I could love anyone enough to love their parasite driven zombie body….
I thought it was cool to have a bog mummy, and also a character named Lucy, even if they were the same character. The historical parallels were pretty cool!
The fact that Art-ur (Arthur?) know that Lucy had been seduced my Michael and didn’t explain his reasons. Ugh. Men. I think Lucy could have had a very different life if she’d have known. And I think a lot of things wouldn’t have happened. But hey, the lies of men ruining things? Nothing can be more historically accurate.
Gothic horror is usually one of my favorite genres, but this one wasn’t doing it for me
The story seemed to allude to vampirism both in the first 1/4 of the book and the blurb on both Goodreads and StoryGraph. It was not that at all. I think it was closer to the anime Parasyte.
I don’t think I could love anyone enough to love their parasite driven zombie body….
I thought it was cool to have a bog mummy, and also a character named Lucy, even if they were the same character. The historical parallels were pretty cool!
The fact that Art-ur (Arthur?) know that Lucy had been seduced my Michael and didn’t explain his reasons. Ugh. Men. I think Lucy could have had a very different life if she’d have known. And I think a lot of things wouldn’t have happened. But hey, the lies of men ruining things? Nothing can be more historically accurate.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting