Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison

12 reviews

wholecuppatea'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

I DNF’d this. It’s shocking just for the sake of being shocking with absolutely nothing else to offer. The MC is the biggest pick-me incel/edgelord known to mankind and I can’t shake the feeling that the author self-inserted here somewhat. 

How many times can a character repeat how dark and twisted, how different and not like anyone else he is you may ask? Apparently every other page. We get it. 

If you want a pile of misogynistic incel necrophilia fantasy then go right ahead. If you want splatterpunk/shocking books there are many out there that do it 100 times better. Don’t waste your time/money. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Abortion, Cannibalism, Gore, Death, Misogyny, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Pedophilia

kathleenabby's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

I just… I dunno this was all kinds of messed up. I don’t have words but I couldn’t put it down. It was horrific but I was weirdly fascinated by it from a psychological stand point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Miscarriage, Death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Suicide attempt

howlinglibraries'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

1.5

 

If only she were dead.
None of this would be an issue.
But she isn't.
She's alive.
And something has happened—is happening—and it terrifies me.

Let's go ahead and address the obvious: this book is hyped as an incredibly fucked up, extreme horror story, and it definitely fits the bill when it comes to depravity. The main character's necrophilia is on full display from the beginning, but we also delve into some scenes of cannibalism, pedophilia, and glorification of rape. Morrison doesn't hold back from the messy details in any way, so this isn't a book I'd recommend to anyone who isn't already accustomed to extreme horror.

All of that said, something about the detached and repetitive nature of the narrative voice made even the most disgusting and graphic scene in this book fall short of actually affecting me. I thought based on the hype that this would be the rare book that would be "too much", but honestly, I frequently found myself bored and wishing for the story to end.

I feel bad giving this such a harsh review, but I have to say my piece: the main character is so focused on being as much of an antisocial edgelord as he possibly can be, it overshadows the gruesomeness of the entire plot. I'm not saying I needed him to feel guilty or be less of a "monster", I just needed him to stop devoting his entire life to impressing 14-year-old white boys on reddit.

I see a lot of people saying Morrison's writing is brilliant and unique because all of this is intended as satire, and maybe that's true and I'm the one who's missing something here, but either way, Dead Inside didn't work for me, and not for the reasons I expected. I'm glad it's such a successful and harrowing novella for so many other people, but given that my issues with this story were so similar to my issues with the last Chandler Morrison novella I read, I'm thinking it's time to accept that his writing isn't for me.

Also, the character who talks about how much she loved being raped at 7 years old? That entire segment made my eyes nearly roll out of my skull. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Child death, Child abuse, Incest, Murder, Infidelity, Rape, Drug abuse, Medical content, Car accident, and Drug use

ttvalle's review against another edition

dark 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

A book where cannibalism and necrophilia are the least taboo things depicted should not be allowed to be boring, but this book is painfully boring. It immediately hits the point of diminishing returns where you can tell the writer has nothing to offer but to shock you, so nothing they write is shocking anymore. Even though the plot centers on only the most deplorable acts imaginable, it’s genuinely mind numbing to read. The writing is way too bad to make you even care what’s happening. I can’t stress enough that I’m not bothered by reading the content in the book, I have a strong stomach, but I cannot forgive writing this bad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, and Vomit

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

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

james7634'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

2.25

Morally and creatively repugnant. I feel like I should be on a watchlist for even reading this book. 

A necropheliac falls in “love” with a cannibal and his life changes.

Disgusting, depraved, creatively bankrupt. The writing is good and that accounted for 2 of the 2.25 rating. 

The content is disgusting without merit. To be devoured and tender is the flesh are both gross books but they are actual stories. This is pornographic shock and awe . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Gore

oliviamichelle_'s review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Blood, Pedophilia, Abortion, Death, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Rape, and Gore

silver_lining125's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Miscarriage, Murder, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Child death, Gore, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic friendship, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

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