Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

81 reviews

joy_ong's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Dysphoria, Violence, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

yavin_iv's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Body horror, Excrement, Kidnapping, Rape, Transphobia, Blood, Death of parent, Self harm, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gore, Incest, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

milliemark's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Rape, Body horror, Incest, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Drug use

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

Unapologetically disgusting and unflinching in its commentary against the spread of transphobia, this novel is a riveting example of how pain and fear can disrupt the minds and growth of those unfortunate to be infected

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Death, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Rape, Deadnaming, Infertility, Medical content, Violence, Body shaming, Transphobia, Blood, Cursing, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Vomit

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Outing, Suicide, Child death, Classism, Incest, Addiction, Confinement, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

Minor: Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Racism, Animal death, Stalking, and Antisemitism

Be aware that this is frank depictions of parasitic infestations with human bodies, urine, water sports, scat-play, anal sex, cyberbullying, online harassment, bombing, terrorism, eating and inserting excrement, fisting, running away from home, homicide, and extreme TERF behaviour.

mxfahrenheit's review against another edition

challenging dark

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

4.25

Hoo boy this sure was a book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Incest, Transphobia, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Excrement, Drug abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

ahliahreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

5.0

Not for the faint of heart or easily squeamish. However if you're tough enough to handle the parasitic, subversive nature, this might be one of the most important stories of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Transphobia, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Body horror, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Death, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Child abuse, Classism, Eating disorder, Murder, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

caidyn's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

What. The. Fuck? And what does it say about me that I enjoyed it a lot? This is in the same vein as Eric LaRocca. Incredibly fucked up. Not for the weak.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Fatphobia, Incest, Dysphoria, and Deadnaming

Minor: Rape

lovelylilelle's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Hate crime, Incest, Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Child death, Excrement, Outing, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Abortion, Death, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Self harm, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Drug abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, and Fatphobia

danimacuk's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

4.75

jesus fucking christ... gross.

two thumbs up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood, Dysphoria, Excrement, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

lifeinpoetry's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Child abuse, Transphobia, Body horror, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, Gore, Violence, Eating disorder, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Incest

Minor: Ableism and Deadnaming