Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan

24 reviews

erinbarton's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

absolutely loved this — dark and atmospheric, beautiful poetic prose, every single story was such a banger. i loved the snippets from the fictionalised author in between each story becoming increasingly derailed as her isolation affected her. also loved that this collection had a mix of stories involving the supernatural but also real-world horrors too.

fave stories:
• last one to leave please turn off the lights
• girls are always hungry when the men are all bite-size
• birds fell from the sky and each one spoke in your voice
• my body cannot forget your body
• the only time i think of you is all the time
• sleep long, sleep tight, it is best to wake up late
• watch the wall, my darling, while the gentlemen go by

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, and Kidnapping

asteriisk's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Gore

doubledevour's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pregnancy, Stalking, Kidnapping, Body horror, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Sexual assault

elwirax's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

Things We Say in the Dark came of as rather contrived ( strange for the sake of being strange but not in a good way). Nothing was particularly engrossing and the stories became repetitive/ indistinguishable. By the 25% point I was losing interest and found it difficult to finish, which for a book of short stories under 200 pages is a surprise. Also, a good 90% of these stories centered around pregnancy and giving birth which I despise, hence another reason for the low rating.

However, it wasn't all bad, there were a few parts I did actually like namely Birds Fell from the and Each One Spoke in Your Voice , I'll Eat You Up I love You So (Fear 1 only) and Sleep Long, Sleep Tight, it is Best to Wake Up Late

I also thought that The World’s More Full of Weeping Than You Can Understand
had an interesting format, the story seems normal until you read the footnotes and the tone and story just changes. 

Overall, not my favourite short story collection but not all bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Pregnancy

charliedezeeuw's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, and Blood

sofigj's review against another edition

dark tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Dementia, Confinement, Child death, Body shaming, Body horror, and Blood

violet_pages's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Body horror

Moderate: Infertility, Vomit, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Confinement, and Gore

Minor: Death of parent

ladysanctuary's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely chilling haunting stories, from the almost silly and fantastical to gore and fear. split into three parts, The House, The Child and The Past, these short stories tap into the fears women have and the fears you didn't know to be afraid of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Infertility, Grief, Excrement, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

aimsro's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Body horror, Rape, and Miscarriage

egmamaril's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Vomit, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Child death