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Woom by Duncan Ralston

163 reviews

meh697's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Gore, Medical trauma, Rape, Torture, Medical content, Drug abuse, Suicide, Body horror, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Vomit

silverheartbookclub'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Abortion, Addiction, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Excrement

Moderate: Infertility and Kidnapping

Minor: Abandonment and Body shaming

b95's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, Drug use, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, and Drug abuse

quietlex's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

This was pure shit. I bought this because I saw a tiktok video claiming that it was a really good horror novel, and now I’m disappointed to have wasted my money. The “Extreme Horror Novel” label on the cover really means “disgusting sexual assault” in a bunch of different ways. I’ve always hated “horror” that ends up being just a sick man’s sexual fantasies/traumas. You can write a good horror that incorporates the good and bad of sex, without having the entire book revolving around the gore and other atrocities that can happen. The title “Woom” is accurate since the thing is chock full of vagina! Each chapter has some horrible thing happening to a poor woman’s body. There’s absolutely nothing scary about this book, it’s just flat out gross. The story telling is awfully drab and boring, with vile things being described blandly in order to grab your attention. It doesn’t work. The only good thing about this book is that it is so short. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion, Addiction, Death, Abandonment, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

gallant_reviews's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I am truly at a loss. This pushed my boundaries and made me feel heartbroken. What a ride in such a short time. Not for the faint of heart but a distinct pice of work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Abortion, and Drug abuse

jaimee_reads's review

dark sad medium-paced

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

0.5

This reminds me of that episode of South Park where Butters writes The Poop that Took a Pee. There is nothing horror about this book, just gross out, tragic stories strung together with a bunch of sex. There are lines in here that I know are meant to shock, but literally had me laughing. It's trying to tell a story about trauma, but again, laughing at how ridiculous it is. Rape is a big plot point in this book, which...it's horrifying enough, it didn't need whatever treatment this was. Also, the author is white, but has a black character call another black character the N word. It's a throw away insult line that didn't have to use specifically that word, and it felt like it was an opportunity for a white person to use it on a technicality. "I'm not calling him the N word, the black character is so it's ok." This was published in 2022. Read the woom. HA! But seriously, don't bother. It's pretty terrible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Vomit, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abortion, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

abby_rodriguez13's review against another edition

dark tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Abortion, Body horror, and Gore

lizzyjanereadsbooks's review

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

This book was….. something. I’m not sure I would classify this as horror. Definitely very weird, and left me with my mouth literally hanging open. LOTS of trigger warnings. This whole book itself is a trigger warning. Probably a book that will stay with me for a long time with how bizarre it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual content, and Gore

hannahdaisy4's review

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

3.25

This book was mostly just shock value but I actually enjoyed it regardless! Not sure how many people I’d recommend this to though. Insane amount of triggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Mental illness, Excrement, Drug abuse, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Infertility, Addiction, Racism, Sexual violence, Gore, Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

joy_ong's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Blood, Abortion, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Death, Gore, Child death, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Drug use, and Violence