blackcatkai's reviews
990 reviews

cw: body horror, gore, gun violence, medical content, mentions of war, infidelity, homophobia, & transphobia. blood, death of animals & people, kidnapping, some light sexual content. casual ableism, murder, gaslighting, toxic relationships.

this slow burn horror novel with a cult lean is, I swear, one of the best things I've ever read. my first Chuck Wendig novel, but certainly not my last. his way with descriptions were gorgeous as well as disturbing af. I was unsettled, upset, & cheering for the hero group. we've got characters across a multitude of gender, sexuality, race, age, & class. everyone felt fleshed out, real, & I felt all sorts of emotions for all of them.

an absolute delight of an experience, highly recommend!!

if you have the chance to listen to the audiobook, you won't be disappointed. we've got multiple voice actors narrating and they do a phenomenal job brining this story to life!

cw: casual ableism, one moment of a transphobic/exclusionary joke, blood, death, fire

CW: blood, body horror, violence, death, ableism (casual & otherwise), grief

a bit of a slower burn scifi horror. probably wont be for everyone, but I liked it a lot.

cw: murder/suicide, trauma, child death (off page), casual ableism, blood

a decent concept but I didn't care for the execution. found the writing to be all over the place leading to being confused as to where characters were, their ages, or in general what was even happening. probably more a me problem than anything else, but I didnt care for it.

cw: animal death, bullying, violence, child death, rape

cw: blood, death, bullying, slavery, sexual assault & rape, human trafficking, gaslighting, false imprisonment, violence, racism, suicide

cw: medical content & trauma, blood, injuries, death, medical malpractice, gaslighting, surgeries & plenty of graphic medical descriptions. probably exactly what you'd expect, but still, be cautious!

this was fascinating, written in a fun & easy to get into way. very interesting to see how the medical/health industry has changed and stayed the same over the course of centuries.

cute!♡

cw: fatphobia in one of the small moments.

cw: graphic blood & gore, violence, cannibalism, torture, light sexual content

very short, detailed, pretty good! so here for queer myth retellings, especially those with a more horror-esque bend. will be reading the followup and more from this author in the future.