Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood

18 reviews

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the perfect book to finish my 2021 reading challenge on. I absolutely loved this!!! It will definitely not be everyone's cup of tea, but my god, it was mine! All the cups!!! Dark, eerie, queerie (hehehe), and character-driven with the most epic world-building. Csorwe and Shuthmilie are everything and Tal??? He adds that levity that balances it all out. It sort of gave me Senera/Relos Var from the A Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn Lyons vibes, which is HIGH PRAISE. I cannot wait for The Thousand Eyes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Child death

the_wendybirb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

I loved this book! It was a fun fantasy, coming of age story about a girl who was raised in a death cult, trained as a mercenary (read: grew up doing what others told her to do.), and then had to figure out her own was in the world. The multiple worlds, travel system, gods and magic systems were all fun to read about, and offered glimpses into a bigger picture. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror and Child death

candidceillie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Body horror, Animal death, and Blood

fictionalportal's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Gore, and Child abuse

Moderate: Body horror and Xenophobia

laurajones's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cursing

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, and Vomit

invaderday's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

it took me a while to get into this book. it can be a bit dense in places, but eventually i did really get into it and i ended up having a lot of fun, especially with the second half of the book!

i LOVE the gay/lesbian hostility of csorwe and tal. they have such a unique relationship that i really really enjoyed seeing. i love lesbian novels but so many of them tend to ignore or underplay the existence of men (which can be fine! i understand not always wanting to have men in ur escapism) but it was refreshing to see not just a lesbian main character and love interest but a gay man supporting character, and several other gay and bisexual characters of varying importance. it made it a lot more fun for me- some of it was pretty standard fantasy stakes, but the fact that almost every single relevant character was gay just added that extra flavor that i really needed so thank u ak larkwood!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Torture, Self harm, Violence, and Death

Minor: Body horror and Child death

chessakat's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement and Toxic relationship

tooyu's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

A little more high fantasy than I usually read, but I really enjoyed this cast of characters! It dragged a little for me until the final third, and I’m excited to see where the next book takes off. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror