Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

All Hallows by Christopher Golden

12 reviews

finnsnowbevi's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, Grief, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pedophilia, Outing, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Medical content and Sexual content

carbinara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Tony Barbosa I would die for you. I reallt enjoyed the relationships between the characters and how the whole book was spanning over one night, but sort of felt the children (especially Arthur) were a little underdeveloped.

Additionally, I felt like it was missing some sort of background about Carmun and the Cunning Man. He seemingly kidnaps kids for her but also stops those kids from taking other children? Also, why did he kill Ruth and Zach (not that they didn’t deserve it)?

Very fun Halloweeny book, maybe should have saved for October. Still, even though this review may seem a little negative, I very much enjoyed reading it and that’s the important part imo :) Definitely recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Infidelity, Grief, Body horror, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, and Outing

Minor: Pedophilia and Racism

hollyberry_books's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Body horror, Self harm, Violence, Child death, Outing, Murder, Blood, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, and Alcoholism

mychemegan's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Ok listen...was this book /objectively/ a 5 star, no. It was a super fun super corny halloween book. But the characters???? I was SO invested in their stories and felt really moved by them. I felt that this really captured coming of age/growing up in such a real way. Depicting family issues and teenage relationships in a way that every one has felt and can relate to. I could put myself in every character's shoes and cared for everyone in the story. The horror elements were silly and corny but fun and perfect for halloween time, but I think the character writing is really where this book shines.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Body horror

Moderate: Homophobia and Alcoholism

bloomandgloom's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.5

I had such high hopes for this book. It gave me the closest vibe of the Trick r' Treat movie and I appreciate it. The different stories and paths weaving together was a great way to tell a Halloween story. That's really the best part of this book. There isn't any horror to this story, at all. It's set in the 1980s in mid east Massachusetts. I appreciated the landmark references since I know the area and understand the forest behind the house vibes it was going for. 

I didn't care about any of the characters in this story, no one had enough development to make me root for them. The Cunning Man was not scary or interesting since we know nothing about him. The book would have seemed much better if there had been a local legend or a story people told young children to scare them but no one believes it. It could have done with some references of missing children on Halloween in different locations across the country or world. Overall, it just needed a little more mystery and lore to make it more believable. A family member also could have known someone that went missing to tie it together. 

I am not an author so I'm not going to pretend like it would have been easy or quick to add all of that in. 

Sadly, this was disappointing and not something I'd recommend as a Halloween read. I wouldn't even recommend it to someone younger because they might find it scary since there are a lot of adult topics discussed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcohol, Outing, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Infidelity, Violence, Sexism, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

zakura317's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Outing, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

Minor: Racism

voilajean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Body horror, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death of parent, and Outing

Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Pedophilia

wickedlovely's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia and Racism

lostinworlds's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Racism

Minor: Kidnapping and Suicidal thoughts

caidyn's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Solid horror. I'm always a bit iffy on books set on/around Halloween, but this hit the mark. Creepy kids? Lots of small town drama fueling things? The one thing I didn't love was all the perspectives. A few too many.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcoholism and Homophobia

Minor: Self harm and Pedophilia