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alexlourinha'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
hippieonsteroids's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
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
5.0
This novel is very much a fictional story based off the life of Jeffrey Dahmer. The author includes an excerpt from Jeffrey Dahmers trial, giving the readers an automatic insight on what this book will be delivering. The story is extremely dark, the chapters each being from a different characters perspective was an interesting tactic for this author to use. The characters all meet at some point so their stories overlap but the author does this by switching midway from third to first person. But it would always be third person from Jay to Andrew Compton. Who because of this the reader would know that Andrew Compton was the main character. The book didn’t do this immediately, it did this when Andrew crossed paths with Jay and Luke, but oddly enough not Tran. This book was challenging in content wise not reading difficulty. Towards the end you get one last chapter in Tran’s third person perspective and it is painful. What this book does is exemplify how homophobia and racism was a major factor in why Jeffrey Dahmer got away with his murders for a number of years. This novel very much resembles Jeffrey Dahmer and his possible perspectives while also providing the perspective of the victims and the victims loved ones.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Body horror, Cannibalism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Violence, Murder, Death, Drug abuse, Torture, Grief, Blood, Chronic illness, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Vomit
emrosez's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
5.0
theacousticfuneral's review against another edition
challenging
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Sexual content
smeejdeej's review against another edition
dark
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
4.0
mclean_watson's review against another edition
4.0
“Your life collided with mine, and you simply failed to survive the wreckage”
Been in somewhat of a reading slump the last week or so, and decided to finally get back to it!
Exquisite Corpse is confusing to me, I’m not sure if it fits in the extreme horror genre, the horror genre, or the romantic tragedy genre, perhaps all three at the same time. But what didn’t confuse me was the story, a super ‘straightforward’ tale of two serial killers that end up entering each others lives and making each other as horrid as possible, in an attempt at true love.
I heard that the writing was pretty good, well that’s wrong, because the writing is fucking fantastic, such beautiful and elegant prose that just made this entirely grotesque story feel flowery and delicate. It didn’t quite hit that five star mark for me though as I really thought the ‘meeting’ of the two main characters should’ve happened sooner, I loved that part of the novel but unfortunately it happened more than halfway through. And I really could’ve done with less of the Luke storyline, I get that for the ending it was essential to build his personality and attitude, but I just found him annoying.
Had a really great time with this.
On another note, I’m trying to get back into the groove of reading everyday, I had a slump there for a week or two. But I’m back and am blasting through an audiobook called ‘The Salt Line’. It’s about a world filled with super ticks that can kill you in seconds and it’s pretty easy to listen to so that’ll be finished either later today or tommorow. As for the physical book I’m gonna finish next, hopefully ‘Bad Man’ by Auerbach. Anyway that’ll be all for Exquisite Corpse!
Ps. Look forward to this summer, it’s gonna be the summer of KING.
Been in somewhat of a reading slump the last week or so, and decided to finally get back to it!
Exquisite Corpse is confusing to me, I’m not sure if it fits in the extreme horror genre, the horror genre, or the romantic tragedy genre, perhaps all three at the same time. But what didn’t confuse me was the story, a super ‘straightforward’ tale of two serial killers that end up entering each others lives and making each other as horrid as possible, in an attempt at true love.
I heard that the writing was pretty good, well that’s wrong, because the writing is fucking fantastic, such beautiful and elegant prose that just made this entirely grotesque story feel flowery and delicate. It didn’t quite hit that five star mark for me though as I really thought the ‘meeting’ of the two main characters should’ve happened sooner, I loved that part of the novel but unfortunately it happened more than halfway through. And I really could’ve done with less of the Luke storyline, I get that for the ending it was essential to build his personality and attitude, but I just found him annoying.
Had a really great time with this.
On another note, I’m trying to get back into the groove of reading everyday, I had a slump there for a week or two. But I’m back and am blasting through an audiobook called ‘The Salt Line’. It’s about a world filled with super ticks that can kill you in seconds and it’s pretty easy to listen to so that’ll be finished either later today or tommorow. As for the physical book I’m gonna finish next, hopefully ‘Bad Man’ by Auerbach. Anyway that’ll be all for Exquisite Corpse!
Ps. Look forward to this summer, it’s gonna be the summer of KING.
kaylareadsallthetime's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-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
3.0
Amazing writing. This book was frightening, intriguing, and all around just an intense madness. Absolutely disturbing on so many levels. If Dahmer interest you, then read this book.
hoarding_wyrm's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Rape, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Body horror, Sexual content, Addiction, Violence, Vomit, and Murder
mayarosa's review against another edition
5.0
I was so pleasantly surprised by this book, I will never forget it. I went into this novel expecting pure horror but I was so enthralled by the plot, the characters, the historical background, the romance and eroticism! This was the perfect niche blend of gore and lgtbqa romance.