Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison

8 reviews

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

mossroot's review against another edition

challenging 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

I forced myself to finish this book. Every minute was painful and I almost genuinely (scouts honor) vomited on two occasions. Wanted to see if this type of horror was for me and I grossly underestimated how vile it would actually be. This story does not use its vile actions to further the plot, tell any meaningful story, create any suspense, or make any type of commentary. Truly regret reading this book. It had well written descriptions, don't get me wrong, with a story that was aware of how disgusting it was, but it was not something I enjoyed at all. I am a horror and thriller fan, but this is anything but. This is splatterpunk to the extreme. Reader beware. 

I feel incapable of currently giving this book any type of star rating, due to the how absolutely disgusting and vile the subject matter is.

No part of me feels that I can say this book deserves any stars. Fucking a dead baby is just something that I cannot get behind. Not even mentioned off hand, this sex act is VISCERALLY explained. There is no true justice or anything for this MC and it's very bleak and disgusting.

 

Dead Inside took me a little over two hours to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Violence, Rape, Medical content, Sexual content, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gore, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Sexism, Abortion, Vomit, Suicide, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Blood, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Child death, Murder, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

savannnah_reads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

0.25

This is the most unhinged, terrible, vile, try hard, AWFUL book I have ever read. This book made me want to make a donation to the NSA and sign a petition for more government censorship. Somebody should check this guys computers and then we should lock him in a stockade and throw tar at him.

And none of this is in a funny way + I am not an oversensitive wimp who can’t handle ~gore~ 

I don’t know why you would write this (actually I do. It’s very clear this author thinks he has a deep and unique POV that we should all care about. And also hates women). There’s so much blatant misogyny and explicit glorification of rape I can’t believe any editor actually sat through the drafting process. 

There isn’t even some moody, obscure metaphor for this book to hide behind. It’s literally some dude penning his extreme taboo jack off tumblr fantasies about violating dead women (and children. And babies) (but only the hot ones) and existing “outside the system” while lusting after manic pixie dream girls

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Rape, Body horror, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Medical content, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Classism, Cannibalism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Abandonment, Abortion, Cursing, Child death, Child abuse, Body shaming, Murder, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Hate crime, Gore, Fatphobia, Sexism, Drug use, Death, and Animal cruelty

cherie_cheriri's review against another edition

dark funny reflective 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

5.0

Tiktok once more influenced this read and purchase, mostly to see if it was really as bad as people said it was. The cringe dialogue supposedly written by an edgey high schooler, the gore for the sake of shock and how extreme it can get cus it can, and people wanting Chandler Morrison to be on a watchlist and his internet search looked upon.
Besides all that, this is my first step into the splatterpunk genre, though I am the kind of person who watched the Hills have Eyes movies, and all of the SAW films so I can say that - while some stuff was creative I wasn't that affected by it in the want to go to church to confess my sins and or hurl over what I read.
What the hell is this book about? We have unamed security guard (that is never named so I ended up calling him Nick for a while) is a necrophiliac whom meets a maternity ward doctor who eats dead babies - and is higher than a kite, something you find out early on. So these two meet, and it's security guard having to now deal with another human living being that is honestly after reading it all is captivated by him cus he doesn't give a shit on wanting to be "normal" as Helen - our doctor - wants to be and something might bloom there, but he'll be damned if he does. It's a one sided love story on Helen's end and our security guard wanting nothing to do with it, seeing suffer was entertaining to say the least.
I'll be honesty, I ended laughing more than getting grossed out as it somewhat reminded me of the Evil Dead (2013) movie for some odd reason. But anyway, is the dialogue cringey? Sure, our security guard has a lot to say and is pretty apathetic overall that can get real old real fast. Is the gore for the sake of shock and how extreme it can get cus it get - absolutely. Should Chandler Morrison be on a watchlist, I don't know. A lot of people generally seem to dislike this book either due to its subject or they just dislike the writing, which makes me wonder for Morrisons other books as they have better ratings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Cursing, Rape, Child death, Death, Cannibalism, and Gore

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexism, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Body shaming, and Self harm

necrophilia with woman of old to young, eating dead babies, descriptive gore and necrophilia acts

tomiebear'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

um yeah interesting! it was very obviously just what the author finds hot or whatever and it read like a goofy torture porn fanfic on wattpad. shock value for the sake of being shock value. i actually think i’ve read better written south park fanfiction!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, Child death, Sexism, Miscarriage, Rape, Blood, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Vomit

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

Nope nope nope.
Horrible book. Fucked up. Clearly written by a man, the personality of the main character is cringe and annoying. 
I've been super into horror lately but this is just mindless fucked up. First DNF of my reading stint this year. No thank you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Abortion, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Rape, Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Medical content, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Sexism, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Suicide, Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Gore, Medical trauma, Rape, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, and Violence

gabrielleclarke05's review

dark funny mysterious 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: Car accident, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Child death, Excrement, Racism, Sexism, Abortion, Alcohol, Death, Medical content, Sexual violence, Violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cursing, Gore, Blood, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Infertility, Alcoholism, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Vomit, and Xenophobia

The most dumb, purposeless and exploitative book