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lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Violence, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Murder, and Rape
Moderate: Incest, Gore, Animal death, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Excrement, and Miscarriage
mnatale100's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Vomit, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Confinement, Sexual violence, Grief, Sexual assault, and Torture
Minor: Misogyny, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse
wwweronka's review
4.0
It's a book I'll probably return to at some point.
Graphic: Gore and Pregnancy
Moderate: Sexual violence and Miscarriage
katarina_kirishiki's review against another edition
5.0
It is filled with very tense short stories who perfectly fit into the horror genre. Some are very uncomfortable to read, and I'd say check some reviews and trigger warnings before reading. But I think horror readers will quite enjoy this collection of short stories.
I especially enjoyed the folklore and mythical aspects in a lot of the stories.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Rape, Death, Gore, Animal death, Blood, and Sexism
Minor: Toxic relationship
nadia's review against another edition
3.75
However, one too many times a story ended and I thought to myself: "Wait, is that it? What was I meant to take away from that story? Hmm, I didn't quite get it. I wanted a little bit more! Just a tad!"
I really enjoyed the interludes between the story. A short horror tale in its own right!
Moderate: Blood and Gore
Minor: Death and Pregnancy
moonyluna's review
Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, and Gore
Moderate: Excrement, Vomit, and Blood
serenspace's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Gore, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Medical content, and Pregnancy
lydiavsbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
3.5
My favourite stories in here were Girls are Always Hungry When all the Men are Bite Sized; Birds Fell From the Sky and Each One Spoke; The Only Thing I Cant Tell You is Why; I'll Eat You Up I Love You So; Exquisite Corpse; and Sweeter Than the Tongue I Remember.
I really enjoyed the dark, reflective, quiet tone throughout the collection. In a strange, but my no means bad, way it reminded me of watching Grizzley Tales for Gruesome Kids (a kids horror show from the early 2000s).
That said, I didn't really find myself feeling compelled to keep picking it back up or keep reading. Again, this is mostly just because short story collections in general aren't really my thing, and I think the ability to make a lasting impression on me is limited when we're only with a story for a very short number of pages.
Graphic: Kidnapping and Sexual assault
Minor: Gore, Blood, Child death, and Death
asteriisk's review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Body horror
Minor: Gore
charliedezeeuw's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Body horror, and Blood