Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik

9 reviews

lunababybat's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.5

I'm not sure how to feel about this one. It was good, fine. But it felt like something was missing. To me, at least, it wasn't really splatterpunk. It was disturbing at first, but once the two siblings set off, it really didn't do much aside from a lot of introspection. Which is fine, but not what I was looking for in an extreme horror book. I can tell the author was trying to convey a message, but I'm not sure what it was by the end. Writing itself was fine, more character driven than anything, but it just was missing something. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual content, Vomit, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

mariahkindareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Kidnapping and Vomit

slintangel's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

0.25

sometimes the answer is to stop writing weird fetishy trauma porn. half of the book is just suzy getting oggled at, being threatened with sexual assault or listening to tyrades about women being worthless. it's boring once you get over the shock factor and how poorly it's used.

every character other than the main two is innocent and dumb and trusting as opposed to our eternal edgelord who not a barbie, but someone you'd find at the thrift store (actual quote). a woman stops her car in the middle of the night because the plot needed to advance and was poorly excused with "women are not taught to trust their own gut". please...

animals are constantly dying which also gets exhausting and boring. theres a huge time skip of about two years right when things get mildly interesting and then boom. it's just weird misogynistic plotlines and more animal murder. the ending is incredibly lackluster and with the way this girl has been behaving its VERY hard for me to believe no one thought anything was wrong with her and tried to put her in some form of psychiatric care. you're really not as slick and smart as your thought process seems to think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, and Sexism

Moderate: Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Car accident

megandherbook's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Body shaming, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexism, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infertility

amandinesophie's review

dark reflective sad slow-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: Torture, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Incest, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Gore

philomathean's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Vomit, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, and Incest

makaylaagomez's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

So nauseating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Violence

laycie's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit and Domestic abuse

karamelka_kar19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.0

This book is incredibly short and long at the same time. It's a story of abuse, rape and pain. The main character Suzy felt real in her struggle, not made up by someone in their cozy room at home. Beautiful and raw, wow. 

But..at the end I wasn't really connected to the story because the amount of violence constantly threw me off, it seemed more like a shiny accessory to the plot. Honestly, we could've gotten to the point of the story without half of it. Also...the marketing of this book? Why portray it as a true crime story? Doesn't make sense to me.

Not a bad book, probably just not for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol