Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

De avond is ongemak by Lucas Rijneveld

68 reviews

bridrew's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, and Grief

Moderate: Pedophilia and Death of parent

badmom's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

A story of extreme grief told through the eyes of a young, confused, and increasingly unstable person. Some instances of lovely description but on the whole a disconcerting and ultimately distressing examination of a family that cannot put itself back together after a series of tragedies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Eating disorder, Incest, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Excrement

maya7's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Excrement, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

inceptionistbooks's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

“Sadness doesn’t grow, only the space it takes up” 

Well, the title fits. It really isn’t a fun read, please take care and look at the trigger warnings beforehand! I’m not even sure that I got all of them below. 

If you hate questionable characters, this is not a book for you. The characters here are grieving and have found no way of working through that grief in a healthy way. So we see a family breaking further apart (because the issues were there before the loss) and Jas, the narrator, is consumed by her own grief and her own thoughts. It’s so clear that she has so much that she wants to talk about with someone who will hear it but no way of knowing how to or with whom. Her inner monologue has these moments which are almost heart-breaking in their simplicity but clearly show that she is barely holding it together (because she’s a child with no emotional support whatsoever). Her being constipated really is just an analogy for the fact that keeping shit in will just make things worse. Yes, it’s a major thing in the book and it is gross about it, so be aware of that as well. 

I’m very unsure how necessary certain elements were since I have the impression that it would have worked even if they weren’t included. I also wasn’t happy with the ending since it left you just feeling worse with no hope in sight. But I can’t necessary fault the author for going this route. 

This is one of those books that I could analyse to pieces because it is certainly well thought out but I would have to reread it and that won’t happen any time soon. This is HEAVY and I need something fun after this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Excrement

Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, and Toxic friendship

jiscoo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

4.25

shoutout to my calvinist upbringing for making this book make way more sense than it had any right to

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, and Grief

thesapphiccelticbookworm'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Alcohol

graviereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

3.0

EXTREMELY vivid imagery. Gross. Emphasis on discomfort. Disgusting but not in a fun way. Interesting read but highly cringe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Incest, Self harm, Sexual content, and Excrement

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

erikwmj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Excrement, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Abortion

judythedreamer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

jytteanne's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Abortion