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Woom by Duncan Ralston

143 reviews

ten_telegrams's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion, Excrement, Gore, Sexual content, and Drug use

lanieh09's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It was pretty gross, pretty messed up…but I wouldn’t say that it will be giving me nightmares.  Fast read and well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, and Infertility

mundpund's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• 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

3.0

I wasn't sure how to feel about this (short of uncomfortable) until I read the author's note at the end. It helped wrap it up and I bumped it up to 3 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

annihilatrix's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

2.5

The writing is too good for the content to be so stupid! Potentially I don’t understand extreme horror, it’s so predictable if you’re capable of imagining the next disgusting thing that could happen.

Cramps after putting heroin in your gf’s vagina? Overdose miscarriage!
Anal sex? Messy prolapse!
Into masturbating with a mannequin? Make a dude into a mannequin by sanding his dick off! 
Having a sex worker dilate her vagina when you have mom issues? Stick your head up there for rebirthing!

These are all predictions I made while reading the opening premise of chapters that came true by their end. I might try another book by this author just to see if they have ever tried more compelling subject matter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racism, and Vomit

alindeman's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Honestly I don’t even know what to rate this! It’s definitely *very* disturbing content, lots of shock value. I had heard how awful it was (in the best way) so was a little wary. Honestly it wasn’t that bad! Obviously it was disturbing and HEAVY on the body horror but I didn’t feel especially uncomfortable or have to put it down. It’s probably the second most disturbing book I’ve read. Interesting plot, I was definitely invested in what was going to happen. CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Miscarriage, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Body horror, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Rape

abbsp222's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Addiction, Death, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Gore, Racial slurs, and Vomit

jace_blast12's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

This is a very graphic book. Be careful, especially if you have a weak stomach.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

silverheartbookclub's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Abortion, Addiction, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Excrement

Moderate: Infertility and Kidnapping

Minor: Abandonment and Body shaming

b95's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, Drug use, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, and Drug abuse

quietlex's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

This was pure shit. I bought this because I saw a tiktok video claiming that it was a really good horror novel, and now I’m disappointed to have wasted my money. The “Extreme Horror Novel” label on the cover really means “disgusting sexual assault” in a bunch of different ways. I’ve always hated “horror” that ends up being just a sick man’s sexual fantasies/traumas. You can write a good horror that incorporates the good and bad of sex, without having the entire book revolving around the gore and other atrocities that can happen. The title “Woom” is accurate since the thing is chock full of vagina! Each chapter has some horrible thing happening to a poor woman’s body. There’s absolutely nothing scary about this book, it’s just flat out gross. The story telling is awfully drab and boring, with vile things being described blandly in order to grab your attention. It doesn’t work. The only good thing about this book is that it is so short. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion, Addiction, Death, Abandonment, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit