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Woom by Duncan Ralston

5 reviews

shutterbug_and_bookworm's review

dark sad 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

I have all of the words and none of the words, and I certainly cannot rate this book. Not because it was bad. It was actually quite good, but I just don’t know how I feel. And it has almost every trigger warning imaginable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcoholism, Gore, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

kaileet's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Violence, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

mjadeh's review

1.0

This…was not good. It wasn’t even horror. It was just weird sexual violence and a guy with serious mommy issues. It didn’t succeed in horrifying or disturbing me, it just kind of made me confused as to why a human would write this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Miscarriage, Self harm, Pregnancy, Excrement, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Abortion, Addiction, Racial slurs, Rape, and Violence

ericgarika's review

dark 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

3.25

It’s really hard to review this book because I feel as thought the storylines are largely based on female experiences (which are written by a cis white man). I will say the book does a good job of creating plot twists and tying the stories together. I would not recommend this book to those that do not read about the trigger warning or to those unprepared for a story of extreme horror and pain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Ableism, Abortion, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Please take this as a warning that all of the warning listed are most definitely taken to the extreme.

shayyyy31's review

challenging dark sad 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Abortion, Death, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, Excrement, Grief, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Miscarriage, Gore, Homophobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, and Toxic relationship