Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

90 reviews

942_bee's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

3.5

Thoroughly enjoyed the beginning and middle (as much as you can enjoy a book with the material this one covers) but the ending felt unsatisfying if impactful. 

Being trans in the UK is a nightmare and this book encapsulates the imposed culture war on trans bodies in a way I haven’t seen so accurately done before. Viscerally upsetting and frankly disgusting, but maybe that’s just a sex thing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape and Violence

boundforinfinity's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Sexual harassment

imnotmillied's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

oh wyrm? - super gross and disgusting however i think there could have been more about the **** at the end... interesting thought piece on transphobia in the uk, felt like a modern horror in the way that dracula and frankenstein combine various media (letters, diaries etc, but brainwyrms uses social media and talks to the reader and stuff, more 'meta') but with less grace, like a set of bad immaterial documents. my praise comes in how quick i read it, despite everything it did make me turn the page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Torture

augustefrog's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Rape, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit

kentucky_kfc's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

4.5

Please be cautious with trigger warnings before reading this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

blulibrarian's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

I like so much of the ideas here and the prose, but the story itself was just not hitting for me. I feel like describing the grossness eclipsed what the grossness was doing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Hate crime, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Minor: Deadnaming, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Vomit

woweewhoa's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Excrement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense fast-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

5.0

A perfect snapshot of our era (mid 2010s to mid to late 2020s maybe, we'll see) and not just the darkest parts. The girls that get it GET it okay. So nasty. Pure disgust. Utterly vile. I laughed several times. Wonderful amazing book so nasty I love it. Ew. What a great read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Gaslighting

Minor: Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, and Cultural appropriation

jully_bean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

zombiezami's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

4.0

I can tell that this book was written with a lot of purpose and thought. I think it really captures chronically online millennial ways of talking. However, it is not for the faint of heart. There’s a ton of body horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship