Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford

33 reviews

minbyrnes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It was very atmospheric and had me gripped. I was wondering what was going on and was confused the whole time but I was never bored. 

I especially liked the little snippets we got from the villagers/townspeople. 

I’m not sure I understand the ending but I’m not mad at it. 

All in all it was an interesting read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Animal cruelty

panthalassa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness

Minor: Animal cruelty

jessiebertram's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Child death, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Body horror, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Infidelity, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Torture, and Toxic relationship

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Wow. My first thought after finishing Follow Me to Ground was, what on earth was Sue Rainford going through when she wrote this? My second thought was, holy crap this got dark fast. 

If you enjoy dark realism thrillers this is a must read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Death, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Bullying, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Pedophilia and Torture

dustghosts's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Terminal illness

hypecity's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, and Excrement

cheye13's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

The vibes in this – impeccable. I do not know what I was expecting, maybe a more sci-fi/fantastical/romantic read. I'm SO glad I read this on audio, bc the second I heard southern accents, the southern gothic vibes clicked right into place. I'm not sure exactly how any of it would've clicked without that.

I love, love the structure of this. First off, I thought it was dual perspective with Ada and Samson, but being all through Ada's ("unnatural") perspective broken up by accounts of her own "myth" from townspeople was perfect for the atmosphere. I reread it almost immediately just to take in the vibes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent, Murder, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Most of the issues are talked around in vague terms, aside from the medical practices of Ada and her father.

afriendwithfiction's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Pregnancy

fraboo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

A truly interesting premise, and a grim narration. I enjoyed it, but maybe I had too high expectations. That said, perfect autumn read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

breekeeler's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

2.0

This book just didn’t connect with me. I enjoyed probably the first third, as the atmosphere was well established. The world was intriguing, the characters had potential, and there were a mysterious and unsettling elements introduced.

However, I felt like none of this set up ever went anywhere. The plot is limited, and the characters fall flat. There are of course reasons for these choices, but in this case it ended up feeling like the author didn’t really have fully developed ideas of these characters. There was no sense that there was more information beyond the text that we simply weren’t privy to as readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Incest