Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

38 reviews

disguisedposer's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Medical content, Cursing, Infertility, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Physical abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Body horror, Excrement, Mental illness, Abandonment, Blood, Sexual violence, Abortion, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

mallotar'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Infertility, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Addiction, Pregnancy, Body horror, and Body shaming

asteinke's review against another edition

dark sad fast-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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Racism, Rape, Mental illness, Bullying, Gore, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Body horror, Self harm, and Torture

perfectcupoftea'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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Grief, Blood, Abortion, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

flattrash's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

0.5

Angel goes to Room 6 at The Lonely. He calls dispatch for a heavyset escort, Shyla. He tells her these stories.

Cram(ps)- Johnny & Jenny. She gets hooked on heroin after their first time. They are forced to be drug mules to cover Jenny's debt. She dies after a bag breaks inside her.  

Pro(lapse)- Johnny casts Juicy, drug dealer, in a gangbang porno. Candy's ass is filled with fake blood that she sprays all over Juicy. *Angel starts stretching out Shyla's pussy.

Woom- Mary Booker attempts a clothes hanger abortion, she slips and kills herself instead. *Angel has rhoticism 'bweak' 'woom'. Shyla has an extra deep vagina due to trauma. 

(S)Mother- Shyla had a previous client that liked to be smothered. She sat on a box over is head. Angel was reborn using the Evergreen Method. He's rolled up into a rug and has to fight his way out. 

Man(nequin)- Bethany Chastain lived in the basement with one of her mother's art pieces, a mannequin. She uses him as a sounding board, first kiss, and first sexual experience. She gets her first boyfriend at 17. Belt-sanded his penis off. 

(Still)Born Again- Reveals that he was the man in all these stories. Offers Shyla a 'weset button'. A 'miwacle' reverse birth. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Abortion, Blood, Confinement, Excrement, and Mental illness

readingwithbritney's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Addiction, Abortion, Death, Drug abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Mental illness

theredheded_bibliomaniac's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The book did good what it wanted to do...so 5 star

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual content, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Gore, Blood, Death, and Body horror

jessicakornelsen's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Mental illness, Violence, Miscarriage, Body horror, Murder, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Infertility, Gore, Drug use, Blood, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

picking_back_up's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexual content, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Pregnancy, Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Bullying, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Infertility

knik's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Super fast-paced book. I could see the “twist” coming a mile away, but that didn’t make it less enjoyable. Lots of reviews talk about how nauseatingly gory it is; it was certainly graphic, but
nothing worse than a Saw film. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Mental illness, Abortion, and Gore

Minor: Vomit