Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Body Shocks by Ellen Datlow

3 reviews

xwritingstoriesx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Each and every one of these stories was beyond original and innovative. Some stories reminded me of Shirley Jackson's narrative voice (especially with It Was The Heat), Goosebumps and Jacqueline Wilson with the short story, Fabulous Beasts. This mix of authors is odd but it really does work. I also really appreciated the OCD representation in the story, Spores. I too suffer from contamination OCD and I saw myself in the MC and felt that it accurately portrayed the disorder. My favourites of this collection include Painlessness, Subsumption, Welcome to Mengele's, Natural Skin, The Look, Spores, Fabulous Beasts and Tissue Abulation and Variant Regeneration. Overall, I rate the collection a 4.5 stars. 

the travellers stay 4 stars
toother 4.25 stars
painlessness 4.5 stars
you go where it takes you 4.5 stars
A Positive 4.25 stars
La Beaut Sans vertu 4 stars
subsumption 4.75 stars
spar 4.25 stars
it was the heat 4.25 stars
the transfer 3 stars
Welcome to Mengele's 4.75 stars
black neurology 4 stars
cuckoo 4.25 stars
cinerous 4 stars
the truth that lies under skin and meat 4.5 stars
Natural Skin 4.75 stars
The Lake 4.5 stars
I'm always Here 4 stars
The Look 4.75 stars
The Old Women Who Were Skinned 4 stars
Spores 4.75 stars
Sweet Subtleties 4 stars
Elegy for Suicide 3.75 stars
Skin City 4.25 stars
A True Friend 4 stars
What I found In the Shed 4 stars
Fabulous Beasts 4.5 stars 
Tissue Abulation and variant regeneration: a case report 4.75 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Cannibalism, Rape, Torture, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, and Stalking

wall0w's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

Standouts for me were "The Truth That Lies Under Skin and Meat" by Cassandra Khaw, "Natural Skin" by Alyssa Wong, "The Look" by Christopher Fowler, and "Spores" by Seanan McGuire. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Medical content, Gore, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Rape, Animal death, Death of parent, and Confinement

cursivewolf's review

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I didn’t like all of them but the ones I did like, I loved. Such diverse kinds of body horror, some explicit and some creeping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Fatphobia, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Grief, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault