Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Wyborny trup by Agustina Bazterrica

175 reviews

kirtreads's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-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

4.0

This book had such potential and was such a cool premise but it fell short in a couple areas for me. 

It focused so hard on the gore of it all that the really interesting psychological aspects were buried. I was expected to take a lot on faith as a reader, which fine, but then the main character doesn’t even trust that the virus is real. 

I needed the book to be from any other characters perspective. She took the most boring character in a cast of very interesting characters. 

The story felt weirdly stilted. We got huge internal dialogue pieces and then the ending is so rushed. It felt very off. 

The premise was good and I wanted to love this book but it just was not what I wanted it to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Infertility, Torture, Trafficking, Death, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Excrement, Death of parent, Rape, Child death, and Forced institutionalization

niamhrowanch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

she has the human look of a domesticated animal?!?!!!?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Violence, Infertility, Trafficking, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Blood, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Murder, Rape, and Torture

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Infertility, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Torture, Dementia, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

kniishii's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Animal death, Confinement, Cannibalism, Child death, Miscarriage, Torture, Infidelity, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, and Sexual content

heartbug's review against another edition

It offered a very weak/not  plausible explanation to justify why the world became okay with farming humans for human consumption… so it was like “let’s patch that massive hole with some masking tape so that we can get to squirm with horror just for the sake of doing so”.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, and Blood

praevalesco's review against another edition

2.75

This book feels like it wants to make a statement, but ultimately it's just filled with shock-factory bits so predictable that you could accurately guess what was happening next for the entirety of the book. None of the points of the book were really anything you haven't heard a million times over, and at no point was I left wondering what would happen next, so it didn't even have that going for it. Overall, the book was just predictable and cruel for the sake of cruelty.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Animal death, Sexual violence, Death, and Slavery

ex_hardesty's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Trafficking, Violence, Rape, Death, Confinement, Vomit, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Death of parent, Dementia, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Suicide

ashley_bee_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Animal cruelty, Rape, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual violence

adelus21's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a difficult read but it kept my interest. The premise and world building are good. Ending felt kind of abrupt but I suppose that's intentional.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Confinement

samanthaxjean's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

This book is fucked up and I couldn’t put it down.

It’s kinda slow and kinda gross in the beginning but picks up. Don’t eat while reading or listening to it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Rape, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Violence