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Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison

55 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

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

miarosefox's review against another edition

dark

picked this up because a youtuber recommended it and said it was super extreme. it was certainly gross! gratuitously so! no point to it at all! the incel writing style made this a hard one to get through but it’s so short that i trudged through. even if it’s splatterpunk satire, the “i’m edgy and different” vibes were too much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, and Abortion

amatoxin'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

1.0

As someone who usually enjoys dark, taboo and gruesome books i was truly disappointed by this book.
Its not because it was uncomfortable but because of the poor writing.
The gore and disturbing scenes i can only see fulfill a purpose of being shock porn and nothing else, theres no point or meaning behind them. The writer is literally an angsty teenager who is “not like everyone else” and no one can tell me otherwise.

I was annoyed the whole time by his self inserts and the only reason why i read the whole thing  is cause im a completionist and its less than 200 pages.

1/5 (only cause its so bad that its funny at times), do not recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

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

perpetuallygreads's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Abortion, Blood, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, and Cursing

hannah_allen'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

2.0

I believe there are two ways to write a disturbing book. The first way is to develop the characters, their personalities, their backgrounds, etc to give the reader full insight into why each character is the way they are; the story calls for dark scenes because the characters have been intentionally created to be dark people. The second way is to say to yourself, “What are the most disgusting/vile/disturbing things people can do? I want to write those things and have my characters do them.”

Unfortunately, this author chose the latter of these options when writing Dead Inside.

The reader receives limited information about the two main characters and their backgrounds. There isn’t a full-fledged story told- we go from one horrific and gruesome situation to the next, until the book eventually ends. And in my opinion, if an author is going to commit to the dark and disturbing parts of the human psyche, then the author has a responsibility to the reader to write a story, not a series of disturbing happenings loosely woven together with necrophilia and cannibalism.

Aside from the author’s descriptions of the books’ settings, the prose is underwhelming, and the dialogue feels forced. The twist is predictable, but is set up very well throughout the book. The author gives the reader a lovely, ironic dichotomy of the two characters’ “final forms” in the last pages that gives some relief from their grotesque tension. I also enjoyed the brief periods of time I found myself “rooting for” the main character; these were also welcomed reprieves from the book’s (at times) unnecessary graphicness. 

With all that being said, I *am* sitting here thinking and talking about this book, and this could very well be one of the author’s goals. In that sense, he did what he set out to do. I just think this book could have been written with a clearer point of view. Maybe I’ve interpreted this in a way it’s not meant to be interpreted, but I will not be re-reading this book to parcel that out. 

If you want a much darker, shorter, and more disturbing book with the same vibes as Verity by Colleen Hoover, this *might* be a book worth your time. If you absolutely love body-horror movies, this might be a book worth your time. If you’re looking for something purposefully shocking, this also might be a book worth your time. 

TRIGGER WARNINGS (graphic descriptions): necrophilia, cannibalism, sexual assault, rape, abortion, infant death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Rape and Murder

Graphic descriptions of necrophilia are included 2-3 times throughout this book.

thestrayreader's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I don't freaking know how to rate this thing because it's written well but it feels like forbidden literature. WTF WAS THAT?!!!! I had to skip a lot because I couldn't stomach the unfolding events involving babies but I couldn't stop because I kept thinking 'there has to be a point, right?!!!'

I need a day, no a year, off of whatever this is. 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Self harm, Abortion, Blood, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, and Vomit

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

jwvaughn's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Medical content, Infidelity, Cursing, Drug use, Blood, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Murder, Excrement, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Abortion, Gore, Sexual assault, Child death, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent