Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

104 reviews

nyallis0n's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Body horror, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, and Violence

moosereads1'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

3.0

I genuinely don’t know what to say about this book. It was certainly disturbing, and it helped me realize that I can deal with blood and gore but draw the line at… other bodily fluids. I do have to say though, going into this I certainly wasn’t expecting the story to twist the way it did. I had an idea of what might be involved by the title, but the rest of the story was just a mindfuck. I also wasn’t expecting moments of emotion and sadness, so that was interesting. So, just like this book and the review I’m leaving it, my emotions are all over the place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Addiction, Rape, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Vomit

abbz_o_lutely's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.5

I'm going with 3.5 stars. The writing is impeccable and very much so has you invested and turning pages. This left me constantly on the line to DNF or to push through to the end to know the full story. I went into this book super blind and I came out of it wishing I could pretend I never opened the first page. This book is very.... Icky.
It needs about 3-4 pages of content warnings as this book can be very triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infertility, Kidnapping, Suicide, Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Blood, Fatphobia, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

There is no going back to your normal self after this book. I wish I could erase this from my brain.

billie_churchill's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Abortion, Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Pregnancy, Suicide, Excrement, Racial slurs, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Infertility, Murder, Torture, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ncreads_lagoonfroog's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Infertility, Toxic relationship, and Violence

shutterbug_and_bookworm's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

I have all of the words and none of the words, and I certainly cannot rate this book. Not because it was bad. It was actually quite good, but I just don’t know how I feel. And it has almost every trigger warning imaginable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcoholism, Gore, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

eyeheartcorina's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Drug abuse, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Torture

sadieemayy24'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Abortion, Mental illness, Death, Sexual violence, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Gore, Miscarriage, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Torture

michaelrcalkins's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Violence, and Cursing

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Gives a whole new meaning to the term 'man baby'.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Rape, Drug use, and Gore

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Confinement, Miscarriage, and Infertility