Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

104 reviews

_maggie__'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship

icarusandthesun's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

obsession, aggression, transgression. female desire, sexuality, toxicity. this book is mental, weird, kinky, unpredictable, trippy. and yet i absolutely loved it.
the protagonist irina was, of course, not very likable, but rather painfully real. she portrays a female archetype people fear talking about, the aggressor and predator.
society still often overlooks crimes, especially sexual assault/harassment committed by women, simply because it's not 'expected', not the 'norm'. and this book criticises exactly that and i'm very much here for it. also liked the gore, the minor social commentary on other topics, the sheer shock of how unfiltered, provocative, beautiful and yet perverse the writing was.

re-read: september 7, 22
obsessed w/ this book. the amount of time i spend thinking about it is insane and probably highly unhealthy. eddie from tesco's emails destroyed me.

re-read: november 30, 23
still one of my favorite books, even after more than a year. i'm completely mental.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

sarahkate22's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

ardour's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

potential readers who are blessed with psychological abuse/manipulation trauma (like moi👉👈🥴), i’ve put a non-spoilery content warning together! tap below 👇 

IMO, proceed *with caution* if you have trauma from psychological abuse/manipulation. 

I love a dark atmosphere to a novel but I think this went beyond a ‘dark vibe’—by me feeling a bit terrible after finishing because I realised I had kind of been gaslit/manipulated by the narrator to keep excusing her behaviour and refusing to see her for how awful she really was. 

Her unashamedly horrible thoughts/actions throughout the book kinda got me hooked because i kept looking for evidence that deep down she was a good person? 

Anyway, I won’t say any more but if you have similar experiences to mine and decide to read ahead, make sure that your overall mental health is okay (as in ur not in the middle of a depressive episode) before starting & make sure you have someone u feel safe with you decompress :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Self harm, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Biphobia

IMO, proceed *with caution* if you have trauma from psychological abuse/manipulation. I love a dark atmosphere to a novel but I think this went beyond a ‘dark vibe’—by me feeling a bit terrible after finishing because I realised I had kind of been gaslit/manipulated by the narrator to keep excusing her behaviour and refusing to see her for how awful she really was. Her unashamedly horrible thoughts/actions throughout the book kinda got me hooked because i kept looking for evidence that deep down she was a good person? Anyway, I won’t say any more but if you have similar experiences to mine and decide to read ahead, make sure that your overall mental health is okay (as in ur not in the middle of a depressive episode) before starting & make sure you have someone u feel safe with you decompress :)

carrioncollector's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

4.75

Holy S*** this book.... An incredibly unlikable protagonist and a complete descent into insanity. Erotic, violent, tragic, funny and a biting critique of the male gaze.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

raimundo's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

ahlexcz's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

This book was awful. The characters are poorly written. The plot was bad and so was the execution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

caitatkinson_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I’m genuinely not sure what to make of this book at all. I liked that it was from my hometown? I liked some of the social / political / class commentary throughout but it was really odd. Not at all what I was expecting, so much more violent and graphic - super uncomfortable in places! It was such a strange reading experience, I’d definitely check trigger / content warnings before reading this one! I didn’t do that and it was just almost the complete opposite of what the blurb seems to imply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahjane1077's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

evanescoamy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship