carrionkid's reviews
85 reviews

Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice

3.5

Honestly I was surprised I liked this as much as I did but I guess it's easier to be more generous to mid to late TVC after seeing how bad body thief was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Confinement, Blood, Domestic abuse, Death, Sexual content, Gore, and Grief

Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

4.5

God robin Hobb really can make me feel the entire spectrum of human emotions, huh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gore, Torture, Grief, Physical abuse, and War

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

4.5

This book had me run through the whole spectrum of human emotion ngl

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Grief, Child abuse, Death, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

4.0

Not gonna lie, the twist is ABSOLUTELY what sold me on this book, like it would've been so mid if it weren't for the reveal halfway through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Gore

Moderate: Rape and Pregnancy

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

5.0

Oh my god. Absolutely fantastic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and War

Pet Sematary by Stephen King

3.5

All that buildup just for the most mid ending ever??? Bestie please 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Child death, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, and Car accident

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

5.0

Absolute banger of a book for real 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest

Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century by John Boswell

5.0

Boswell does it yet again, his writing is engaging and thoughtful and always a treat to read.

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

3.5

Really kind of mid and featuring an unnecessary amount of discussing child porn but the ending got to me bro...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Violence

The Secret History of Vampires by Darrell Schweitzer

3.0

Absolutely off the rails but honestly kind of mid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder