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Serious Weakness

Porpentine Charity Heartscape

4.59 AVERAGE

white_flame69's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

garfieldfish's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

draculogan's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

spacetravels's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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this was sick and twisted. i feel like a pervert. i developed Stockholm syndrome reading this. jesus christ. great work. i cannot recommend this to people. jesus christ

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

behemah's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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BEAUTIFUL TORTUROTICA. A MASTERWORK. I CANNOT ACTUALLT EVER STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS NOVEL BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A GRAND HIGH DEPICTION OF THOSE WHO SLINK UNDERFOOT AND THOSE WHO STOMP HARD WHEN THEY SEE WHAT SLINKS, AND BOTH INSUL AND TRIANON ARE PERFECT SHATTERED MIRRORS IN FOIL OF ONE ANOTHER. THANK YOU PORPENTINE

adecayingskeleton's review against another edition

3.0

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how it feels to be the only transgender in the mosh pit

adorableautist's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Porpentine Charity Heartscape definitely has her finger on the pulse of that nebulous intersection between trauma, queerness, and neurodivergence. She has particular skill for evoking the mental incongruence of being in a brain and body that feels out of step with the world. Her ability to sit with the discomfort of shame and desire that can often follow abuse is what elevates this book above what would have otherwise been yet another self published splatter punk smut novel. This is a decidedly cruel and tasteless book. I wouldn't recommend it to most people, but there are few books in the genre that are this deftly crafted and it's worth your time if the content warnings don't scare you off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria

rhubee's review against another edition

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sharply observed, terrifying and suffocating. oenone's quotidian evil on one pole and insul's outsider evil on the other. im neither gamer enough nor white american to truly identify whether the subcultural texture is actually accurate but it seems insane. nietzschean in its bleakness.

that bit was when the hierarchy of insul - oenone - trianon was set out explicitly? can see why its in transmisogyny and faggotization canon.

bt11's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katrinavalentina's review against another edition

4.0

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seminal piece for the burgeoning transwomen guro fujoshi field