Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

56 reviews

starkelsee's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Violence

alomie's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I don't think I can adequately describe how gross this book was, it's most definitely not safe for human consumption.

No amount of brain bleach will remove the horrors of this book from my mind, truly disgusting and I honestly have no idea what is wrong with Mr Ralston. 

A play on room/womb womb is a single room horror story, a man brings a overweight sex worker to a pay by the hour motel room and he starts telling her more and more depraved and disgusting stories, she in turn tells him some horrible stories of her life and clients, culminating in one of the weirdest endings I have ever read. 

This book made me question what the heck I just read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pregnancy

uchihas's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad fast-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

1.5

it reminded me of a story a high school boy would write to try and get a reaction out of his teacher. predictable and gross just for shock factor. my only positive comment is that there was no animal abuse. PLEASE please check trigger warnings before you read this though!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Abortion, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

dromedaryreader's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

3.75

I really enjoy how creative this idea is, even when it's kind of gross. I was able to finish it in one sitting and it's definitely not boring. The end was a shock for sure and I can certainly say I haven't seen anything like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Excrement, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Fatphobia

Minor: Racial slurs

lpniskanen's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

5 stars because it fucked with my mind for a week straight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Murder, and Physical abuse

myka's review against another edition

medium-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

What an utterly stupid piece of trash. Bending and twisting the female anatomy to fit his sick imagination. The whole time I was reading, I wasn't disgusted by the gore, but by the stupidity of the scenes. This book was clearly written by a man who never touched a woman. He has no idea about the difference between a vagina and uterus. The "plot" made me cringe so hard that I was grinding my teeth. This is not horror. It's an abomination of a male fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Abortion, Drug use, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Infertility, Gore, Fatphobia, Child death, Body shaming, and Addiction