Reviews tagging 'Death'

Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison

110 reviews

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

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

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

ka_ask2002's review against another edition

dark funny 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

only getting three stars because it was better than Girl Abroad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, Addiction, Pedophilia, Gore, Suicide, Death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Blood, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Rape, and Toxic relationship

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

florenciangl06's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

BEFORE READING PLEASE read the fucking trigger warnings I swear to god, not exaggerating.

While I really enjoy fucked up books, this one just felt like the author took the worst things he could imagine, put them in a blender, swallowed it, and then vomited it into a book. And the worst part, is that it just felt cringy, like it was written by and edgy 16 year old. It's disgusting. It's annoying. 
I really believe it could have been a really good book if *certain* scenes weren't just shock value. 
Serously, read the trigger warning guys.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Cannibalism, Gore, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use, Death, Murder, and Miscarriage

Heavy necrophilia, beware.

madeinlavanda's review against another edition

dark tense 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Sexual content, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Child death, Sexual violence, and Cannibalism

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

kellireadsstuff's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book holds no punches. You are dropped almost immediately into the depravity and it doesn't really let up at all. The characters are deeply flawed and you're just an observer to the deeply disturbing stuff they get up to. 4 stars for great writing, 1 star off because holy heck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Drug use, Rape, Pregnancy, Self harm, Death, Miscarriage, and Addiction