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Unhappy Meal

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

April 25, 2021 by Caesar's Wife 1 Comment

Imagine a world ravaged by diseased animals, where humanity collectively agrees to cull all animals and, in their place, breed humans for consumption. That is the terrifying premise at the centre of Tender is the Flesh, a dystopian novel by Argentine author Agustina Bazterrica (translated to English by Sarah Moses). This book disturbed me to my very core and motivated me to cancel my recent butcher-box delivery subscription. The novel describes, in great detail, the process of slaughtering humans for meat. Though never explicitly said, […]

Filed Under: Horror, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Agustina Bazterrica, Dystopian, triggering

Caesar's Wife's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Horror, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Agustina Bazterrica, Dystopian, triggering ·
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Death Becomes Her

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

April 25, 2021 by Caesar's Wife 1 Comment

I feel like a ‘real’ cannonballer, now that I’ve finally tackled Gideon the Ninth. I feel like I see this book all over Cannonball Read, and that it comes highly acclaimed. The quote on the front cover sums it up fairly well: Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to service the deathless emperor! Skeletons! This is a fantasy novel, focussing on Gideon – a plucky upstart who wields her sharp sword and tongue with aplomb. She’s scathing, she’s edgy, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: tamsyn muir

Caesar's Wife's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: tamsyn muir ·
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and they’ll live there evermore

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

April 12, 2021 by Singsonggirl Leave a Comment

Dark, melancholic and undoubtedly the source of so many horror movies, We Have Always Lived in the Castle tells the story of 18-year old Mary Katherine Blackwood, her sister Constance and their wheelchair bound uncle Julian, who live in a grand house in Vermont on their own. The rest of their family died six years ago in a tragic poisoning for which Constance was blamed but acquitted. The villagers still suspect and fear her though, so she lives as a shut-in and only Mary Katherine, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: horror lite, Shirley Jackson, society sucks

Singsonggirl's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: horror lite, Shirley Jackson, society sucks ·
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Hands All Red

Maids by Katie Skelly

April 7, 2021 by KM Bezner 1 Comment

Katie Skelly’s latest outstanding horror comic Maids opens with a gory promise to its readers: keep reading to discover whose bloody eyeball is rolling across the floor. Although, if you’re a true crime fan you may already know the answer: Maids is based on the story of Christine and Léa Papin, two sisters working as servants in a wealthy household who in 1933 butchered their employer Léonie Lancelin and her daughter Genevieve. But even if you’re already familiar with the case, which sparked debates over […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror Tagged With: #history, Comics, Graphic Novel, horror, Katie Skelly, true crime

KM Bezner's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror · Tags: #history, Comics, Graphic Novel, horror, Katie Skelly, true crime ·
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This is a journey …..

Steeple by John Allison

April 6, 2021 by BlackRaven 5 Comments

Steeple is a perky journey that John Allison takes us on to find Satan and the good works they do. No, it is a journey that Allison takes us on to find a DILF (or a Priest I would like to friend on Facebook). No, it is a journey of a new Church of England minister, named Billie, who used to dabble in things as a teen, has her car blown up on her way to her new assignment, and who offers her thumb to […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance Tagged With: England, female friendship, Jim Campbell, john allison, sarah stern, supernatural

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:134 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance · Tags: England, female friendship, Jim Campbell, john allison, sarah stern, supernatural ·
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Ain’t no mountain high enough

Devoted by Dean Koontz

March 28, 2021 by katie71483 Leave a Comment

I feel like I should preface this review with an admission: I was predisposed to love Devoted by Dean Koontz. His earlier novel, Watchers, is one of my all-time faves, and this one is similar in subject matter: a golden retriever who is more than he appears to be is up against a monstrous experiment gone wrong in a battle of good versus evil. Circling back to my predisposition to love this newer novel, my family has always had dogs. One of them was the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Dean Koontz, Devoted, dogs, golden retriever, goldens, katie71483, thriller

katie71483's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: Dean Koontz, Devoted, dogs, golden retriever, goldens, katie71483, thriller ·
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