Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

116 reviews

beck111's review against another edition

challenging dark

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Abortion

cursivewolf's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Had a mix of humor and horror. I had to put the book down at one chapter, which was arguably worse than the others (aside from the ending). You definitely need a strong stomach for this one, but it wasn’t as horrific as I thought (still VERY horrific, though.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Abortion

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Abortion, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Racial slurs, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

bookishbatz's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Death of parent

starkelsee's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

lisa_butler79's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

This was definitely a WTF did I just read book. I feel like I should go to church and make a confession that I finished this book.

The mini stories that made up the whole story are written by someone very sick in the head, but what's even stranger I wasn't bothered by the stories, I wasn't grossed out as I was told I would be in fact it was quite a laughable story. I blame my dad for letting me watch "faces of death" as a child I'm not easily upset.

This book does have a lot of trigger warnings and not at all for the Faint of heart reader.

I found this book darkly humorous and disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Abortion

idlove's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

1.0

Utterly ridiculous!!!! The review is not based on the the
explicit gore or the BDSM scene but on an absurd plot
and ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Abortion

donna_bx's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.0

This is a really effed up novella, and there are literally TW saturated on every page. Not for faint-hearted. You've got to have a very strong stomach to be able to read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

uchihas's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

1.5

it reminded me of a story a high school boy would write to try and get a reaction out of his teacher. predictable and gross just for shock factor. my only positive comment is that there was no animal abuse. PLEASE please check trigger warnings before you read this though!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Homophobia, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Fatphobia