Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi

8 reviews

jane_calamity's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Body horror, and Child abuse

Moderate: Antisemitism and Grief

ddnreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What the actual fuxk I'm obsessed 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and Grief

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Religious bigotry, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Colonisation, Body horror, Antisemitism, Blood, Gore, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Genocide, and Sexual content

moonytoast's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

genuinely in love with this series

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Antisemitism, Colonisation, and Grief

Minor: Violence, Sexual content, and Racism

marephobia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror and Suicide

Minor: Antisemitism and Infertility

amanda_mh's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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

Love did not always wear the face one wished it would.
Sometimes it looked downright monstrous.
- p.399

The above quote perfectly encapsulates what this series is. This book, it tore my heart to pieces!! I love the world, I love the characters, and I'm so happy I re-read  it so I can finally finish the trilogy!!! Bonus that I don't have to wait months for the book to come out, I can just grab it from my bookshelf this time 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Murder, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Gore, Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

chloejadereads's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Body horror

Minor: Infertility, Antisemitism, and Racism

alizam's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

On a technical level, this book is very good. However, I was not in a headspace to read it with the love it deserves, because of triggering topics contained within the book itself.

Also, I still don't really get why Tristan was murdering birds.

It's not so much the book's fault as it is my own fault. I had no idea going in that the book was going to be about... the things it was about, nor that I would be triggered. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Terminal illness, Death, and Cursing