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Le corps exquis by Poppy Z. Brite

61 reviews

l_prelas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Vomit, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Sexual assault, Body horror, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Gore, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, and Rape

Moderate: Racial slurs and Homophobia

tmolitor24's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

YIKES okay extreme horror might not be for me… this is widely understood to be one of the most disturbing books ever written and I can absolutely vouch. I am disgusted. Revolted. Horrified. Sickened. Every other synonymous descriptive word you can think of, I feel it. I hate this, and I hate that I know it will fester in my brain for a long, long time. The body horror is so gruesomely well depicted it may make you sick if you have a weak stomach, let alone some of the other content. This ain’t for me, but if you’re into deranged and depraved horror this is likely a 5 star book. It definitely accomplished what it set out to do, so… points for that. The writing is pretty spectacular when you take a moment to separate that from the actual content, if not a little overly verbose in more than a few parts. 

I’m going to stress again that I recommend this book to absolutely no one - look up the content warnings and read responsibly 🤢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Incest, Addiction, Confinement, Gore, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Necrophilia

synthetic_and_saturnine's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Homophobia, Blood, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gore, and Murder

bookish_vicky's review against another edition

dark

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Racial slurs, Murder, Blood, Torture, Physical abuse, Gore, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit and Drug use

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

2.0

It started out horrible then got slightly better towards the end. Dont get me wrong i love disturbing and grotesque things. It honestly wasnt the way they talked about cannibalism and necrophillia it was the weird was they talked about asians and the fact that its clearly Jeffery dahmer 'inspired' (im using the nicer word) which made me really uncomfortable. His victims were real people and the author is definitely not in the demographic that dahmer went after to say the least so ot just feels tone deaf. Every gay charecter is a negative stereotype and

jay and andrew dont even meet until near the end of the story but the summary makes it seem like the main point of the book will be them together not just the mediocre conclusion

Even the sexual and gory stuff (so every other page) felt more for the sake of being shocking and disturbing than weaving an actual plot sometimes. I gave it two stars because there are definitely some moments i liked but i dont even have the energy to write every single issue i had with this story down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Body horror, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Xenophobia, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Gore, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Outing, Stalking, Slavery, Incest, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Police brutality

cnossek's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Abandonment, Body horror, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Chronic illness, Classism, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Torture

marlowe_reads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.75

Grotesque, disturbing, fun read. Not for the squeamish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Rape, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Violence, and Murder

priceliketag's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Confinement, Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Torture, Blood, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Incest, and Animal death

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

4.75

At time of writing this review I still need to finish Poppy's other work but after reading Exquisite Corpse I doubt anything else will have the same impact on me. 

It's brutal, realistically so, certainly not for anyone who struggles with graphic and sexual violence, but it works within the confines of the story. I'd already made peace with Tran not making it out alive as soon as he stumbled into Jay and Andrews grasp, but I didn't think I'd feel the sense of loss I did when reading the passage leading to his demise.

 
  This book is beautifully grotesque and will stick with anyone who reads it, for better or for worse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Death, Gore, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Drug use, Sexual violence, Torture, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Racism, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Excrement, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Incest