Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

31 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.0

Disturbingly dark. Not at all what I expected — but heinous nonetheless. This nontraditional tale of horror will definitely fuck up your brain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Violence, Addiction, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Vomit

our_bookish_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was truly one demented, excessively gory and odious, yet unique book. I don't think I'll ever be able to read this book again. I really enjoyed it, i think. 😅 I like to think i have a pretty strong stomach. I've seen many a thing in my life, but NEVER before has a book made me so nauseated that I physically turned the book from my face and looked away from it to process and not vomit on my book and bed 🤢... but just like true horror, it drew me back in. 

This was a "read at your own pace" buddy read, with three IG friends. We shall see what they think as well!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual assault, Abortion, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Grief, Torture, and Violence

ekmook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

erica_reads_things'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

3.5

Hooooo boy is this one a ride. Very graphic, disturbing, but unlike some other horror novellas that I've read recently, the plot and point of this one was actually interesting and kept me wanting to read and find out what the fuck was going on. Lots of trigger warnings (I always make sure to add those). But this was actually an interesting read for a gore story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Abortion, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fatphobia, Grief, and Infertility

reading_binosaur's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

2.0

I literally cannot give it any more stars. I didn't hate it, but definitely didn't love it. Really fucky

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Grief, Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Suicide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Body shaming, and Bullying

wildcitrus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Vomit, Sexual content, Rape, Gaslighting, Excrement, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Misogyny, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, Infertility, and Racism

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Blood

emily_vest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

That was some weird shit. A little predictable if I’m being honest. Although I didn’t guess the big twist at the end. Weird. And gross.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Vomit, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

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

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

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

Minor: Vomit

elijah_vaidya's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

OH MY GODDDD.... That was.... That's What I would call a (beautiful ???) fucked up story. Ok let me rephrase that. THAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FUCKED UP STORY I HAVE EVER READ. It's on the same level of fucked-upness as Cows and Dead inside. Probably more!! But it's beautiful and has an immaculate ending which will blow your brain out of your nostrils.

In this short novel we follow a sweet gentleman named ANGEL and an equally sweat lady named SHYLA as they discuss some stories with each other in ROOM 6 of lonely motel. 

I lOVED this novel( or short story collection???) This one is not for the faint of heart. It has tons of triggers and I was thinking of DNFing this book after I read the second chapter. But I pushed through this one and I am happy I did. The ENDING WAS THE BEST PART OF THIS NOVEL. It brought everything in place and answered all my questions. Highly highly HIGHLY recommend this for fans of extreme horror genre. 4 absolutely disgusting, filthy, Brain liquifying stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma