Reviews

Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

laurenmckane's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

5.0

wykirsty's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

horrorfication's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

sarah_bell's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

This was a very mixed collection of short stories for me. Whilst they were some I enjoyed, there were others that were a little too surreal for my tastes.

In particular, I struggled with the writing and imagery in some places and couldn't follow what was supposed to be happening. However, I expect this was mostly a matter of taste / not connecting with the writing style of certain stories (and Fowley does write in a variety of different styles throughout the book). 

And there were several stories I really enjoyed including Flowers, Such a Pretty Face, The Summoning and Big Round Ball of Light and Water.

Overall, if you enjoy surrealist horror you could enjoy this, but it was very hit-and-miss for me.

petrunks_rinaaaaaa's review

challenging emotional reflective

4.5

mlang's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

manou_r's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

If only I could erase this book from my memory so I could read it and fall in love with it all over again...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Death

hannaween's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Spellbinding, harrowing, gorgeously gory sapphic folk horror.

jemmers's review

I really like it so far, my library book is just way overdue. These stories are all surreal, gay and disorienting. I love it. 

antimony's review

dark

4.0

 recommend for fans of things we say in the dark but i liked it better than that one. some of the stories near the end got kinda eh but that being said my favorites were: what would you give for a treat like me, only corpses stay, rath, and a different beat