Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

29 reviews

caytlinh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Blood, Sexual assault, Torture, Body horror, and Rape

plagueraven's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gore, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Abortion, Body horror, Death, and Drug abuse

arthurwjones's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

0.25

if i could give it 0 i would because what the fuck was that 🤡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Addiction, Death of parent, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body horror, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

coltonchase_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Excrement, Drug use, Death, Cursing, Child death, Body shaming, Sexual content, Suicide, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Drug abuse, Cultural appropriation, Abortion, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Body horror

ericgarika's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

3.25

It’s really hard to review this book because I feel as thought the storylines are largely based on female experiences (which are written by a cis white man). I will say the book does a good job of creating plot twists and tying the stories together. I would not recommend this book to those that do not read about the trigger warning or to those unprepared for a story of extreme horror and pain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Ableism, Abortion, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Please take this as a warning that all of the warning listed are most definitely taken to the extreme.

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

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

dee_elizabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Sexual content, Rape, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

reading__raven's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Physical abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Drug use, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Sexual content

gmarie12's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Body horror, Torture, Blood, Abortion, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual content, Murder, and Physical abuse