Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

50 reviews

thekazm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Violence, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Pregnancy, Vomit, Cancer, Death of parent, Child death, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Infertility, Sexual content, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Chronic illness, Confinement, and Kidnapping

cnmartin's review against another edition

dark funny medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Cursing

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

Minor: Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, Confinement, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

aribrand's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Cancer, and Blood

tifftastic87's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Three women loosely related to each other experience the effects of a viral infection that has devastating consequences for humanity. It is so hard to give a synopsis for this book, so maybe just words: queer, apocalypse, eldritch horror, Catholic imagery, biblical angels, feminine rage, cannibalism. 

This definitely made me squirm a couple of times! The descriptions are vivid and full of gore and viscera, including descriptions of taste. So, there's a warning. But what the book has to say about the roles of women in society, their expectations and how they're viewed is so well done. I loved the use of the three POVs from women who were all so strong and all so different. I loved how science was used, the explanation of the virus was so so good. It is hard to say much more without spoiling. The only thing was the ending was a little bit disappointing. But only because I think I wanted just a little bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Body horror, Murder, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Medical content, Sexual content, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death of parent, Vomit, and Stalking

Minor: Sexism

sagebrush_'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

I have so many questions and they’re all WTF (derogatory)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Confinement, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

miriam_in_life's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, Gore, Murder, Death, Medical trauma, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Excrement, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

kurumipanda's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Vomit, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Self harm, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Sexism, Grief, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Police brutality, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault and Trafficking

riotgrrrl92's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

What starts as a creepy, gory pandemic adventure slowly evolves into an eldritch, lovecraftian Handmaid’s Tale. I wasn’t sure if I liked or loved this book until the last quarter of the novel, and I didn’t know it would be a must-read until the very, very end. The book spends a lot of time setting the stage for us, which is something I struggle with, but can’t fault the book for that when the payoff was so rewarding. The messages are loud and clear, which is sometimes necessary, and it helps that I agree with all of them. Amazing female leads, great queer representation, and some of the most disgusting horror I’ve ever read. I’ll be recommending this to ever queer horror fan I know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Blood, Cursing, Chronic illness, Excrement, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, War, and Vomit

airwreckah'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

Other than a bit of clunky writing at the very beginning and a handful of pages explaining how viruses work, this book was paced well and genuinely managed to create palpable tension. The different character perspectives wove together wonderfully as I progressed through the novel. This one definitely took me outside of my comfort zone and I’m glad to have taken a chance on something so different

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Body horror, Gore, Medical trauma, Cancer, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Vomit and Sexual content

Minor: Child death, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

suzylit's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Just WOW, this was my first dive into that kind of horror literature and I do not regret it! I mean, this was a masterpiece. Very disturbing and yet so fascinating. I didn’t know what I was getting into when I started reading and the story kept surprising me as I turned the pages! I am definitely checking this author’s other works!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Body horror, Cancer, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Gore, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit