Reviews

Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

inky_cap's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

nalakoala's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I hated it. I told my friends I wouldn't finish it. But I couldn't look away.
JK Rowling with parasites in her eyes, fox shit, incest, transphobia... and many many worms. 
Disgusting, twisted, horny. I loved it in a fucked up kinda way. 4 stars as I found Vanya's parts in the italic writing hard to follow at times.

nithya_natalya's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

There were passages in this book that truly blew me away, but overall I found myself lost, and feeling like there was something missing that didn’t quite make this horror for me. It felt like the author was trying hard to ick me out, but there was no tension building, or no building feeling of unease, which I tend to expect from the genre. It was just all bad bad bad stuff happening. There was no easing up to give small moments of hope before taking it away, so in some ways I felt desensitized to the horrible things that were happening. Maybe that was part of the point? When it is constant, we stop feeling it. Was I dissociating through the whole book? Possibly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Outing, and Gaslighting

jamesanthony80s's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-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

3.25

aridav64's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

tscott907's review against another edition

3.25

Gross! (Complimentary, I promise.)

jenwritesnstuff's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, and Dysphoria

kadinelouise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

aus10england's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.25

foul.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Rape, and Transphobia

Moderate: Incest, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Dysphoria

sonypainstation's review against another edition

4.0

Absolutely disgusting, filthy, disturbing, and features a seemingly endless list of trigger warnings. This book makes you squirm. I had such a visceral reaction reading this and I am not sure if I will recover!! 

Also, Xavier deserved to live and his mom was my least favorite character. That, to me, was the worst scene in the book. Probably because it was the one that felt the most realistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria