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elle622's review against another edition
- 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
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
mossroot's review against another edition
- 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 feel incapable of currently giving this book any type of star rating, due to the how absolutely disgusting and vile the subject matter is.
Dead Inside took me a little over two hours to read.
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
voxvenati's review against another edition
- 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
1.0
Yes, there’s gore. Yes, there’s sex. Yes, there are shocking things! Was any of it done well? No.
There was no attempt at atmosphere and there were no vibes, so this didn’t even tip the scales of making me squeamish, or horrified. The main character sounds like he’s a little boy half the time. Even as satire, this just doesn’t have a lot to it. Where is the commentary? This is not a horror so much as an edgy comedy.
The prose was childish and some stylistic choices were annoying. Another reviewer summed it up perfectly:
This book is basically a teen edgelord trying to be edgy and shocking while broaching philosophical topics…The problem is the philosophy addressed is about as deep as a can of tuna…
If you want to read something for shock value’s sake with baby’s first examination of being a social outcast, fine. You do you. Check those trigger warnings and then check it out. But there’s not a whole lot going on here beyond a teenager’s edgy splatterpunk attempt at being deep. Go girl, give us nothing.
Graphic: Self harm, Medical content, Blood, Addiction, Abortion, Cannibalism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Car accident, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Pedophilia
Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Body shaming, Classism, and Racism
grimoireofsabotage's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Cannibalism, Drug use, Pregnancy, Gore, Sexual violence, Child death, Cursing, Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Suicide, Torture, Abortion, and Blood
Moderate: Miscarriage, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Body shaming, Car accident, and Eating disorder
savannnah_reads's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
0.25
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
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
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
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
cherie_cheriri's review against another edition
- 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
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.
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 actsemilysnaps's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage
zeegy's review against another edition
- 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
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 babiesnicole_cob_reads's review against another edition
- 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
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