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booksofautumn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Infertility, Murder, Rape, Addiction, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Violence, Death of parent, Trafficking, Abandonment, Sexual content, Blood, and Domestic abuse
perfectcupoftea's review against another edition
- 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
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
bunnicula_'s review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gore, Infertility, Addiction, Confinement, Excrement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Rape
rii0tx3's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, Sexual assault, Violence, Drug abuse, and Torture
Moderate: Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Rape, and Gore
tina7283's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Drug use, Fatphobia, Rape, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Vomit, Abortion, Addiction, Suicide, Sexual content, Violence, and Toxic relationship
jinnyshollow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
As a licensed therapist and having worked with a lot of clients with heavy and complex trauma, I hear some fucked up shit. The stuff in this book barely phased me in all honesty. I know what people are capable of and then some.
The difficulty with rating it is: the writing itself was good. The trauma porn of POC is not and is honestly offensive.
When you look at it from a strict psychological perspective, this story really does show how easily the world and our experiences in it shifts and alters our thought processes. And in that way, this book was good.
Outside of that? Yeah….. idk.
And the content warnings are for real and should be listened to if you aren’t accustomed to this kind of content whether in reading/other media or by exposure because you help others with their traumas (such as being a therapist. Which means I should probably talk to MY therapist about why this book didn’t phase me….)
Graphic: Blood, Excrement, Sexual content, Body horror, Abortion, Vomit, Gore, Death, and Drug use
Moderate: Medical trauma and Rape
alyx30's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The book is basically just a trauma-porn about broken people but elevated to the extreme. I couldn't for the life of me look away from the pages, so captivating and horribly bizzare the content was.
I guessed the ending 50-60 pages in, but I've watched (and loved to bits) Gozu by Takashi Miike, so it was the least shocking thing to me in this whole book.
Read all the trigger warnings carefully. They are here and they are very real.
Graphic: Abandonment, Excrement, Death, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape
Moderate: Vomit, Drug use, Torture, Addiction, Body horror, Sexual harassment, and Blood
spacemonkey25's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Rape, Excrement, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Gore
zany25's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Didn’t love it, but didn’t hate it either, hard to rate. Compelling enough to see it through to the end, and without the buildup it would’ve been ridiculous. Shockingly not the grossest thing I’ve ever read. The kind of book you read just to actually know for yourself what’s in it for morbid curiosity. Now I do know. Oh well.
I do feel confident I may look at more “hardcore” horror novels that spark my curiosity though since I handled this one pretty well.
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Abortion, Sexual violence, and Vomit
It’s a shock novella, but if you must be warnedveritykate's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Check trigger warnings before reading.
Graphic: Abortion, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Sexual violence, Suicide, Chronic illness, Infertility, and Rape