Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison

51 reviews

elle622's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, Drug use, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Gore, Abortion, Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Body horror, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

adelinekramer'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The writing is beautiful. But really read the trigger warning before. I already knew what I was going into.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Gore, Rape, Vomit, Suicide, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Medical content, Child death, Cannibalism, Body horror, Sexual content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

keraturner20's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

4.5

This is messed up…but good? I don’t know how to feel about liking this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, Sexual violence, Abortion, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Blood

hlehendricks's review against another edition

dark sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Abortion, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Sexual content

meeshbunny's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

Nope

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Gore, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Abortion, Body horror, Sexism, Rape, and Car accident

deathmetalheron's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense 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

3.5

Not for the fainthearted, to put it lightly. The prose and approach to character is phenomenal. It goes without saying that the major themes of this book are cannibalism and necrophilia, and the author does not shy away from visceral descriptions of both acts. 

This is my first splatterpunk book, and even though the majority of themes are met with revulsion the vast majority of character dynamics/situations negotitate with the severity in an appropriate matter, that is to say--appropriate for their subject manner. The protagonist is quite unlikable, and while there are dips in moments whereas you wonder whether the dislikability is intentional or just potentially reflective of an acidic actual personality of the author it mostly fits the story. 

That is to be said, the most grotesque scene in this book (if you've read it, it's very obvious, the one about 2/3 to 3/4 through the book) is very clearly written to offend and due to its nature comes across more as shock jock tomfoolery than necessary revulsion. The last action taken in the scene by the characters is far too meta but for a book that is so meta-aware the text does nothing to indicate it understands that angle at this point in the story. As it stands, the concept of exploring humanity's dark psychological recesses is certainly possible but it will always reek of tryhardism if we simply rely on weak, ineffectual shock without any existential consequence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Body horror, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Rape, and Blood

Moderate: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity

bookdeviant86's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Cannibalism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Self harm, and Sexual content

Unless you are a a real extreme horror fan do not read. This is one of my favorite books but please keep in mind that something is me is broken and I haven't found a book yet that is a deal breaker yet.

kristinajoy07's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Blood, Violence, Mental illness, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

linneajht's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

That was extremely disturbing. I LOVED IT. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Abortion, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Car accident, Body horror, Sexual content, Rape, Pregnancy, and Addiction

readingwithgoose's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

The main character was such an annoying edgelord, I rolled my eyes so many times. If Morrison did that on purpose in a self-aware way, that's kind of brilliant; but if we're supposed to think the narrator is actually cool and ~dark~ and different, then this book is a massive failure. Very "we live in a society". 

The twist at the very end was whatever, but the scene that was supposed to be the most ~shocking and crazy~ has been done before so it didn't end up shocking me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Vomit, Body horror, Abortion, Child death, Pregnancy, Blood, Gore, Animal death, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Excrement, Medical content, Alcohol, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Car accident