Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Body Shocks by Ellen Datlow

3 reviews

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

carrionkid's review

2.5

This was really mid and maybe only 5 of these stories were any good. Some of them were barely even body horror. Not really worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Incest, Rape, Body horror, Blood, Gore, and Torture