Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

167 reviews

sydneythekydneybean's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.25

Listen... when you pen this as "american psycho for hot girls," I expect "american psycho for hot girls." And it did fulfill that for about the first half. Irinia is so unreliable, messy, manipulative, and overall fucked-up; and hey, I love reading about messy bitches sometimes, but as soon as she stops hyper-focusing on her man-hating/loving photography and starts calling everyone ever a size 2 fat and dumpy, and is constantly thinking about carbs and her weight and blah blah blah, you do start to lose me.

The synopsis of Boy Parts says that Irina goes into a tailspin after she is asked to be a part of an exhibition and that tailspin centers around Irina’s relationship with her obsessive best friend, Flo, and Eddie from Tesco who has attracted her attention. Now, after reading that, I was expecting a lot of interaction between Irina and Flo, and Irina and Eddie. I expected to witness Irina's and Flo's toxic, unhealthy relationship bumped up to 1000. I expected Irinia to become bloodthirsty for the seemingly innocent, insecure, "perfect for the picking" Eddie. I expected violence, sex, manipulation, and like Black Swan levels of obsession. Irina's unpredictable, we don't know how much of her memory we can trust, and I wanted the book to almost gaslight me, as the reader, into believing shit that didn't happen because that's how Irina remembers it. And unfortunately, Boy Parts just didn't live up to my expectations.

I love this book's genre more than I love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Drug use, Sexual content, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Rape, Alcohol, Self harm, and Sexual assault

nenya's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is unlike anything I‘ve ever read. It infiltrates your mind and completely twists your imagination. The main character is sickenly repulsive but so fascinating that you can’t stop reading about all the fucked up things she‘s doing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Gore, Self harm, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Cursing, Vomit, Violence, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Body horror, and Alcoholism

amelkamx's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

evelyncore's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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

Made me think about glass in the eye more times than I am comfortable with - amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Rape, Self harm, Vomit, Classism, Gore, Violence, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Body horror, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

_cheshirecxt's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

2.0

I had a terrible time reading this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Rape, Fatphobia, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Body shaming, Addiction, Bullying, Eating disorder, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Self harm, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cancer

rowan_eventually's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Gotta love unhinged despicable woman behaviour to read this. But it was interesting to see how long it took me that the narrator was unreliable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit and Self harm

ghovat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

Bit hard to get into at first but my god does it keep ur attention when you do. She is an amazing writer who really has a great ease in writing the macabre

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Body horror, Blood, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

magicalmegija's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Murder, Self harm, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Gore, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Rape, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Abortion, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Death, and Drug use

larakennedy's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Murder, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

joyce_porter's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Animal death, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Blood, and Fatphobia