Reviews

Le corps exquis by Poppy Z. Brite

kittykitcat's review against another edition

I don’t think I could rate this book or recommend it without feeling evil.

This read like the experience of going through the internet unsupervised at a young age. You think you’re cool, because nothing has affected you the way your parents, and other people think it will. And then you come across that particular photo or video that will imprint itself on your memory forever. Only with reading a book you’ve got no one to blame but yourself.

Praise to William Martin for crafting such a nihilistic world, and putting it to page so well I couldn’t stop going through it, even when I should have.

And for the love of God, Goddess, or whatever you believe (or don’t believe) in, check the content warnings. I don’t care if you’re tough as nails because of your unrestricted internet access.

hopdot's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

noahfence2007's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Torture, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, and Excrement

hopefullybookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

sigynmoon's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide, Pedophilia, Homophobia, and Infidelity

Minor: Racism, Police brutality, Incest, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Racial slurs

roo_95's review against another edition

4.0

Brutally great. Can’t wait to never read it again.

ezrasupremacy's review against another edition

3.0

can’t say i have too much of a strong opinion on this. it was definitely not as poorly written as some of the other splatterpunk shit i’ve read. i do enjoy reading something that’s so clearly a product of a time before mine.

i don’t really have any criticism that’s not gonna make me look like a white saviour, but genuinely the only part of this book that made me uncomfortable was how the author talked about the characters that were poc.

remember that community quote that goes “i can excuse racism but i draw the line at animal cruelty”? that, except it’s “i can excuse murder, but i draw the line at racism”

bespokecompost'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

3.0

I don’t think anyone needed to write jeffrey dahmer fanfiction but at least it’s written well. Answering the are these characters loveable question made me laugh out loud tho

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Torture, Chronic illness, Addiction, Cannibalism, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Incest

moosereads1's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

A story that truly disturbs me and makes me shudder is a rare find, and exquisite corpses did just that. If you want a book that will traumatize you, this is the one. It takes you into the minds of two serial killers who, when combined, come together in a near picture perfect image of Jeffrey Dahmer and it is as utterly horrifying and disturbing as such a story should be. There were moments in which I had no words, just shock - however, in a good way rather than how many extreme horror books sacrifice good writing for shock value. Brite’s writing managed to make even the most disturbing scenes sound eloquent. However, the one issue I had was the synopsis compared to the content - it advertises that the two killers spend their time with the perfect victim, yet there are only a few scenes at the very end of the book in which they do so. Regardless, this was a great disturbing book and I’m going to find something light hearted to feel better about myself and my mental state after choosing this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, Drug abuse, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, and Rape

riotpedestrian's review against another edition

challenging dark

4.0