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Woom by Duncan Ralston

158 reviews

spacemonkey25's review

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Rape, Excrement, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Gore

zany25's review

challenging dark tense fast-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

2.75

I think my reaction is just “bro, what.” 

Didn’t love it, but didn’t hate it either, hard to rate. Compelling enough to see it through to the end, and without the buildup it would’ve been ridiculous. Shockingly not the grossest thing I’ve ever read. The kind of book you read just to actually know for yourself what’s in it for morbid curiosity. Now I do know. Oh well. 

I do feel confident I may look at more “hardcore” horror novels that spark my curiosity though since I handled this one pretty well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Abortion, Sexual violence, and Vomit

It’s a shock novella, but if you must be warned

genital mutilation and “Re birthing”/ unbirthing play a significant role

veritykate's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.5

This was a wild ride. Really gripping storytelling with some very interesting characters. 

Check trigger warnings before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Sexual violence, Suicide, Chronic illness, Infertility, and Rape

reddarko's review

dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

hey what the fuck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Rape, and Abortion

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Racial slurs and Homophobia

Use of the N and F slurs two or three times.

misscarlaxox's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Rape, Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Infertility, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Body horror, Physical abuse, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Drug use

mel_j's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Medical content, Medical trauma, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Abortion and Body horror

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Body shaming

killmoore_'s review

dark sad 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? Yes

4.0

Oh, this was disgusting...

And I loved every word. Pretty sure the stories told in Woom will stick with me for the rest of my life. This is not for the faint of heart, but if you have the stomach, it is a tale of love and self discovery unlike any I've ever read.

Bless you, Shyla. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Abortion, Sexual violence, Torture, Addiction, Blood, Gore, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Murder, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Violence

cheartfred's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Body horror, Fatphobia, Vomit, Cursing, Gore, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

toxx's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Within the first few pages into this book, I was 95% sure I knew what was going to happen, and for the most part I was correct. Typically, I find that predictability to be incredibly boring, but this format kept me reading, wondering just what was going on beneath the surface.

I pieced it together just moments before the book announced it and that, friends, is what amazed me. I'd had no clue that that was where it would end up, and even those closing few sentences blew my mind. Yes, I'd predicted the feature presentation (honestly you'd have to be pretty daft to miss it), but that one moment wasn't what the book was about and I loved it.

It's wonderfully written, and I really appreciated the insight at the end into how this book even came about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Rape, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Body horror

Minor: Miscarriage, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, and Drug use

readingwithbritney's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Addiction, Abortion, Death, Drug abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Mental illness