Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

130 reviews

_windupbird's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

jasreads__'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What the fuck...

I was definitely expecting more splatterpunk vibes through the whole story as people made it out to seem but it really wasn't that bad until the end where I definitely felt a bit queasy as to what the fuck was actually happening.

Easy and quick novella, stories were odd and kept you interested and it all pieced together easy for me but that ending?! Seriously what the fuck is all I can say to this because I was not expecting THAT. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Body horror, Drug use, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Death

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

arthurwjones's review against another edition

dark fast-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

0.25

if i could give it 0 i would because what the fuck was that 🤡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Addiction, Death of parent, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body horror, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

coltonchase_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Excrement, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Child death, Body shaming, Sexual content, Suicide, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Drug abuse, Cultural appropriation, Abortion, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Body horror

kiiriko's review against another edition

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

1.5

why did i read this??? for once, i trusted Booktok without checking the reviews or anything because i thought the set-up was interesting but as i continued, it got more disturbing and crazy and, for me, not in a good way at all. i thought each story had its kind of interest to it, but the ending was so weird and out of place, i absolutely hated it and i felt as if it did absolutely nothing for me.
additionally, i thought that it was weird that the n-word was used i think at least twice, despite the fact that the author is a white man? i feel like there is no need to use this word in books written by white authors...

also, the description of the prostitute's body was so gross... i can't really describe it but it is quite noticeable that this book was written by a man because he objectified her so much... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Abortion, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Rape

fearsickness's review against another edition

challenging dark funny slow-paced

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

3.0

if you were on the internet at the height of shock sites, this book probably won't phase you much. there were some parts of it that made me physically wince a little bit, but it's not near the disturbing mess that i'd been told it was.

however, i do think it's pretty funny at parts, and decently written. i think both leads were interesting characters, and it made me wish the novel was just *slightly* longer, if only to give more breathing room for their respective personalities and eccentricities. honestly, the shortness is what keeps it from being a 4 star to me. 

overall though, if you're squeamish this won't be for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Gore, Drug use, Sexual content, Rape, Pregnancy, Torture, Excrement, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racial slurs and Suicide

seriously, don't read this if you're easily disturbed. but also, if you do read this, don't be surprised by the content. it's transgressive fiction/extreme horror for a reason.

night_shift's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

3.25

Bizarre! I wouldn't say this was extreme horror unless you find sexual stuff and body fluids horrifying (though I'll give that the bathtub scene and the prom night scene would probably fall into the horror side of things). Angel was a strangely sympathetic character even though his final act was completely vile and if I was Shyla I 100% would've left at that point. A strange sort of character study into a broken psyche, I guess. Deff check out the CW if you're concerned because there's a lot of things in here that won't set right with a lot of people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Bullying, Vomit, Blood, Excrement, and Death of parent

mjadeh's review against another edition

1.0

This…was not good. It wasn’t even horror. It was just weird sexual violence and a guy with serious mommy issues. It didn’t succeed in horrifying or disturbing me, it just kind of made me confused as to why a human would write this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Miscarriage, Self harm, Pregnancy, Excrement, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Abortion, Addiction, Racial slurs, Rape, and Violence

ericgarika's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

It’s really hard to review this book because I feel as thought the storylines are largely based on female experiences (which are written by a cis white man). I will say the book does a good job of creating plot twists and tying the stories together. I would not recommend this book to those that do not read about the trigger warning or to those unprepared for a story of extreme horror and pain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Ableism, Abortion, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Please take this as a warning that all of the warning listed are most definitely taken to the extreme.