Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison

10 reviews

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

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

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

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

peachieko'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? It's complicated

1.0

This book was so full of itself 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Body shaming, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Cursing, Medical content, Rape, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Addiction, Death, Excrement, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death of parent

nerolireads's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

Honestly... I don't know where to start. I picked it up out of curiosity after hearing one of my mutuals on tiktok mentioned it, thinking 'pfffff... how bad can it be?'. BAD. Really bad. I honestly think the entire goal of the author was to gross people out. It worked. I initially DNF'd it after being introduced to the "hobby" of the second character. And then stupidly picked it back up and finished the read. I regret every word I read. 

In short; it's about a security guard in a hospital who likes to have smexy times with the dead bodies in the morgue and a maternity doctor who likes to snack on dead babies while having fun with herself. They meet and then science what combining their "hobbies" would look like. And the book ends in gore. 

It's very graphically, descriptively written with the sole purpose of making it as twisted and gross as the author is capable of. 

DO NOT RECOMMEND READING IT
(literally the only plus is that other horrorbooks are childsplay now)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Excrement, Gore, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abortion, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death, and Medical trauma

Rape is glorified in the book

zeegy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I'm shocked by how much i ended up liking this. it was intriguing as it was disgusting I couldn't put the book down and the way it's narrated in this almost comedic fashion is jarring yet compelling 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Excrement, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

necrophilia and cannibalism specifically of babies

they end up having sex while Helen is eating a baby and then afterwards fucking the corpse of a baby and it's truly vile

eastofreaden's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

0.25

Why does this even exist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Excrement

Minor: Alcohol and Infidelity

cherithburger's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is the most messed up thing I have ever witnessed in my life. I don't even know how to put it into words. Somehow the author was able to deliver it in a way that was almost enchanting, I couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Vomit

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