Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Sluts by Dennis Cooper

50 reviews

lovesimon's review against another edition

5.0

This book was so hard to read, but so gripping I couldn't put it down. Really interesting exploration of sexuality, Internet culture, and the psychological profile of the Internet scammer which is a type of person I find endlessly fascinating. Really cool play with form. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Homophobia, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Death, Rape, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, Excrement, Drug use, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Body horror

emmabereading's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Gore, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

bthrds's review against another edition

3.0

this was a trip and i definitely didn't enjoy it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Body horror, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Death, Gore, and Murder

ekaramanov's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Medical content, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

aknaag's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

4.75

Girl…. This was something… and this was a lot.

The setting and the pacing of this book and overall layout is different to conventional books, it’s fun, which I enjoyed! 

Idk if it’s because of the way I downloaded it but the authors name and the book title  weirdly appears in the middle of almost every page that caught me off guard sm times, idk if it’s downloaded error or something but I got used it midway so that’s fine.

The plot…. Ugh the plot.. deplorable. So tragic and just makes you question and shake your head at humanity honestly.

There’s this spectrum in which sex is written and viewed in books, it’s either realistically romantic and spicy or realistically degrading and abhorrent. And it was very much the latter. At least that’s how I felt. Just needed a shower and the strong feel to be celibate.

Tragic character/(s) but such an interesting rabbit hole of a mystery. The way it kept unfolding really had me gagged. Just overall, the plot ATE. 

If you’re a person with a ding dong, going to read this book? I highly suggest you mentally prepare for it because the detailed scenes of violence sometimes became too much for me and I can’t imagine how you’d feel having a wiener.

Honestly, this ATE. I finished it in a DAY. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Suicide, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Sexual assault, Torture, Drug use, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, and Vomit

angelicardale's review against another edition

this book is disgusting honestly lol .. exquisite corpse had more tact than a single page of this book did (and that was another one-star book for me). i hate that i had no idea what i was getting myself into. for all the graphic and horrific depictions of pedophilia and csa in this book (that read less like tragedy and more like torture p0rn, tbh), i really really wish it'd been explicitly stated in the blurb, or at the very least, in a content warnings list ANYWHERE in the book. there's not even an author's note. as a writer, i understand to a certain degree, but it's just plain negligent to not warn readers or categorize it in the right genre !!!! this was under general fiction at barnes & noble. it should be considered splatterpunk tbh. anyway screw tiktok for recommending me this book it was awful and not worth finishing imo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Domestic abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Addiction, Pedophilia, Blood, Trafficking, Violence, Terminal illness, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Medical trauma, Child death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Body horror, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Drug abuse

kiiromitsubachi's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Torture, Trafficking, and Self harm

finleyfrogreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Trafficking, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Vomit, Alcohol, Death, Excrement, and Suicide

dehernandez3169's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug use, Gore, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Torture

Minor: Abortion

chucksbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

1.5

it was very intense. was not for me. it felt like there was an onslaught of information from the get go and i couldnt keep up with who was who within 10 pages of starting. it felt like it went to the extremes for the sake of it and didnt feel like there was any reason behind any of the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Drug use, Death, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Vomit, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Violence, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Excrement, Hate crime, Confinement, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Drug abuse