Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Hex by Jenni Fagan

5 reviews

dany_casimiro's review against another edition

4.75

Long Story Short: Love to feel this carved hex on my heart.

Hex is a tale about a witch who is about to be hanged and the girl who perhaps travels through time to be with her during her last days. Amazing character build-up woven by a very dark and whimsical narrative, with a poignant social and feminist critique.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Torture, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body horror

charnewb's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Religious bigotry, Child death, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Body horror

typedtruths's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

 a little too ~fabulist~ for me but the writing was stunning

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Body horror, and Self harm

➸ Trigger warnings for graphic misogyny & persecution for 'witchcraft' (theme), gang rape of a teenage girl and child recounted, sexual harassment discussed, panic attack (on-page), self-harm mentioned, minor body horror, hanging of a minor (on-page), torture recounted, and false imprisonment in poor conditions.

empross's review

challenging dark reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Violence, Abortion, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

rubybeast47's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Torture, Violence, Hate crime, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Ableism, and Child abuse