Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

81 reviews

apollos_books's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

ive seen & read a lotttt of nasty stuff in horror, but this is literally the grossest book ive ever read period. it literally made me physically ill. and i dont think it was worth going through all that…for starters, i was not a fan of the main protagnoist, Frankie - i feel like ive “met” this exact character in several other trans novels. Vanya was the more interesting of the pair but their arc went literally nowhere. the “message/themes” revolve primarily around rage baity internet discourse which im beyond over personally. the jk rowling parody bits were funny though.

on the plus side, at least it was short and fairly fast-paced. it was also written well enough to keep me going til the end obvs. and im also just generally always going to have a bias for trans horror so

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

vincentvanhough's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

loved the book until the last chapter

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Hate crime, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Deadnaming, Drug use, Self harm, and Alcohol

ddryden825's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

skogsheks's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, and Dysphoria

rivergardner's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Murder, and Dysphoria

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Death of parent

calcified_boner's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Deliciously gross, practically parasitic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Incest, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Ableism, Abandonment, and Classism

gaeliloveweiss's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

fluoresensitive's review against another edition

I was gonna try to finish this but then I realized omg, I don't have to because Because understanding and accepting that I'm not the target audience for white queer gross-out kink horror is a sign of maturity, like why complain about the way white people in particular fetishize violence when I can just not read it, omg!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

maybephasing's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Self harm, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming, Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol

saccharinewoe's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

this was like if someone took that one blowfly girl story and used it as an allegory for the parasitic nature of transphobia and bigotry. interesting piece of transgressive fiction that made me feel genuinely sick and disturbed - i did have to take a break when the author suggested for it in the middle of the book lol. i literally have no idea what the ending is supposed to mean though, i feel like i hallucinated it. but like the writing was phenomenal and easy to follow until the last bit. i genuinely would not be able to recommend this to anyone unless i knew they were able to handle it in all its grossness and horrific imagery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Sexual assault, Murder, and Dysphoria