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Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

10 reviews

manou_r's review

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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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max_the_mess's review

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

an absolute favourite! the way the sapphic relationships are depicted, the horror, the gorr and all the fucked-up-ness of sapphic love in all its forms really gives for a gorgeous collection of delicious short stories. Ate. It. Up. Will take seconds.

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keen's review

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dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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natalee_martino's review

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challenging dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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biobeetle's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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rebeckareads's review

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Oh, I lovvved this! I wanted to devour it but managed to savour it over several months, annotating, analysing, absorbing. Delicious, delicious, delicious!

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sofiadanielle's review

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

As others have said, liked certain stories more than others. Was initially drawn to this book because of the promise of queer horror and honestly, yes, it was delivered. I felt as if some stories were much weaker than their counterparts, though, hence the rating.

Great WLW representation, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that all the stories only revolved around that; I’m so used to queer media being focused on MLM, I think!

Interesting and dark, sometimes bloody and gory, but a good read (mostly!)

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feebles640's review

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dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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fictionalsarah's review

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dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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abbie_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.5

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my e-ARC!

This year I’m taking part in @aishathebibliophile’s 23 Short Story Collections in 2023 challenge, and I just finished up my 10th! Eyes Guts Throat Bones is a beautiful, sapphic, horror-adjacent collection that I simply devoured. I thought about lots of these stories for a long time after I finished them, their gorgeous haunting imagery lingering. The stories range from magical realism to post apocalyptic to straight up horror, with only one or two that were underwhelming. They explore sapphic love in lots of different forms, queer joy in the face of small-mindedness, resilience & endurance when the world is falling apart around you, and then some of them are just gory fun!

One of my favourites, Such a Pretty Face, was one that falls into the latter category - a lesbian roams the world, collecting lovers and taking a ~unique~ souvenir from each of them before moving on to her next victi- er, lover 😏 Another favourite was the first story, What Would You Give for a Treat Like Me, where two women ponder their decision to have children even though an eerie apocalypse has arrived and put an early end to anything of the sort. Then Rath, a gorgeous tale weaving the story of two ancient queens with two childhood friends who drift apart but always meet up for the summer solstice. I usually can’t abide infidelity plotlines, but this one enraptured me regardless. My final favourite was Two Truths and a Lie, a disturbing coming-of-age tale featuring a doll that is more sentient than anyone would like told in a fun format.

I’ve read one of Fowley-Doyle’s young adult novels in the past, but I’m so glad she’s made the foray into adult fiction. I remember The Accident Season having such an atmospheric vibe, and that same vibe has been applied to all of these stories only more lush, more vivid, much darker and more intense. The sense of place (usually Ireland) is amazing and I think elevates these stories.

Definitely one to look out for if you like unsettling, atmospheric reads and of course, sapphic-focused lit!

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