Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

38 reviews

wganas4's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Murder, and Police brutality

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Cursing, Medical trauma, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Addiction, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Suicide, Bullying, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Car accident

readraterelate's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Fun slasher book in the style of 90s slashers 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

theknm's review

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.5

This book was definitely a great read in the case of the second half where i couldn't put it down. The suspense did take a bit and the side characters did annoy me a little which is my only con but i think it was called for a bit cause of the big reveal - but everything else, the pacing, the past/future chain events that lead to the big climax, the small town lore of Frendo the clown mascot, and even horror movie aspect of it. One of the parts i didnt expect was of the big climax obviously but the main one was when the mayor or mayor candidate gets killed in plain sight. All and all cant wait for the next one !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, and Suicide attempt

kikis_a_book_wh0r3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This was a really good story. Adam Cesar definitely keeps you on your toes and gives an amazing anxiety ridden tale of small town folks going crazy. Ultimately I feel like this would be a plan that MAGA would try to pull. Scary to think about. Its genocide but kept local? Lol I love that the ending sets it up for a sequel in true movie ending form!! A perfect nod to the classic slasher films. The audio performance was great as well! Definitely going to be checking out 2 & 3!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Genocide, Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Grief, Police brutality, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

elia_stucki's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Drug abuse

emzhay's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

A fun and quick slasher read. The characters weren’t really developed enough for me to truly care about anyone. Most of them blended together. The adults were borderline cartoonish. The build up, tension and kills were all good though, very cinematic.  The killer reveal was a bit disappointing. 

Actually it wasn’t just disappointing it was absurd.

I mean, a group of adults choosing to slaughter a bunch of teenagers who “terrorize” the town? How could they think they would possibly get away with it? And then trying to frame two kids for it that’s didn’t even use guns? Completely ridiculous. After I read the second town meeting scene I was really hoping the adults weren’t the killer, but alas.

I think the audiobook narration was l overacted and distracting. The accents and men’s voices also weren’t the best. I’ll be going with the print versions for the sequels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Racism

corporealmystic's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Listen, if you are afraid of clowns, this definitely isn't for you.

Frendo is Kettle Springs mascot. His face is on the dilapidated factory outside Quinn's new bedroom. It's not creepy at all, right?

Quinn and her father moved to Kettle Springs for a new start after a very publicized death of her mother. Glenn believed that him and his daughter needed the change, but he didn't realize that the townspeople also wanted a change as well.

The characters are amazingly written and will keep you entertained throughout the book. There are a few twists and turns that you won't see coming in the dynamics of the group that we follow throughout the story.

The atmosphere is small town creepy, and it totally works. The writing style sucks you in and makes you think about being in these situations yourself and how you would react.

Overall, it is a great read! I suggest it for anyone who is a fan of horror and wants some entertainment. I will be picking up the second in the series as soon as possible.

"Make Kettle Springs Great Again!"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Gore, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Death, Medical content, Body horror, Child death, Medical trauma, and Violence

theveronicareview's review

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Not much to say on this one. 

Clown in a Cornfield was a decent read overall, but I was bored, it wasn't suspenseful, and the social media/vlogger aspect was too cringe for me to enjoy. 

I like B-movie, campy horror flicks, and this book seems to WANT to mimic that, but it just didn't hit the mark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

ilaxaria's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Blood, Police brutality, Violence, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Drug abuse and Addiction

Minor: Bullying, Suicide, Medical content, and Racism

brooketreads's review

dark tense fast-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

1.0

I didn’t care for this book at all. I found the characters flat. The plot, well, the author gives it away immediately removing elements of surprise. It’s a horror, but I wasn’t scared at all, because we already knew what was going on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, and Violence