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Berserk, Vol. 6 by Kentaro Miura
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
5.0
CW: violence, sexual assault, war, blood, gore, body horror
Berserk Volume 1 by Kentaro Miura
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
CW: blood, gore, violence, body horror, sexual content, death
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
cw: blood, violence, colonialism, sexism, war, death
I love Nena & Nestor so much. this was sad, beautiful, funny, and dark. I adore Caña's writing so much.
I love Nena & Nestor so much. this was sad, beautiful, funny, and dark. I adore Caña's writing so much.
Only The Stains Remain by Ross Jeffery
slow-paced
1.0
the repetitive lines & constant spelling mistakes are just a little annoying but the being constantly beaten over the head with the fatphobia & body shaming? fuck right the fuck off. thank you.
CW: gore, violence, blood, death, cancer, child abuse (sexual, physical, emotional: some implied, others on page), fatphobia, body shaming, villains can't be villains if they're not fat & ugly & some form of 'not normal looking' of course. and we gotta be reminded of it CONSTANTLY.
CW: gore, violence, blood, death, cancer, child abuse (sexual, physical, emotional: some implied, others on page), fatphobia, body shaming, villains can't be villains if they're not fat & ugly & some form of 'not normal looking' of course. and we gotta be reminded of it CONSTANTLY.
Smilin' Sam's Corn Maze by Stephanie Perry Scissom, Stephanie Perry Scissom
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
cw: blood, murder, death, kidnapping, unhelpful law enforcement, gaslighting, cancer, medical content, violence, casual ableism
this one was pretty good & kept my attention very well. a couple unanswered questions that big me, but nothing story-breaking overall. a bit repetitious at times, but not that much. will definitely read more from scissom in the future!
this one was pretty good & kept my attention very well. a couple unanswered questions that big me, but nothing story-breaking overall. a bit repetitious at times, but not that much. will definitely read more from scissom in the future!
Driving in the Dark by Jack Harding
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
CW: car accident, hospitals, chronic illness, grief, fatphobia, body shaming, food shaming.
not a fan of how a short story can still be full of fatphobia & food/body shaming, and knowing how it ends makes it worse because the characters never going to realise his internalized issues so it's not mentioned how awful that mindset/belief is. either way, it wasn't as tense as I expected, but its not written terribly. I like how the end ties into other aspects of the short story, but ultimately this one wasn't for me.
it's labeled as horror, supernatural, a thriller but those don't actually feel right. suspense does, but ultimately, it's just sad. which is fine, I love sad stories, this one just wasn't marketed properly for my taste and I ended up with expectations that simply weren't met. would read more from this author in the future, though!
not a fan of how a short story can still be full of fatphobia & food/body shaming, and knowing how it ends makes it worse because the characters never going to realise his internalized issues so it's not mentioned how awful that mindset/belief is. either way, it wasn't as tense as I expected, but its not written terribly. I like how the end ties into other aspects of the short story, but ultimately this one wasn't for me.
it's labeled as horror, supernatural, a thriller but those don't actually feel right. suspense does, but ultimately, it's just sad. which is fine, I love sad stories, this one just wasn't marketed properly for my taste and I ended up with expectations that simply weren't met. would read more from this author in the future, though!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Moderate: Chronic illness, Medical content, and Car accident