Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Body Shocks by Ellen Datlow

2 reviews

taylorlanxon's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, Incest, Physical abuse, Blood, Child death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma

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