Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

81 reviews

beckygray98's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Abortion, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Gore, Infertility, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

courtvsbooks's review against another edition

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 don’t even know what to say about this book. Someone recommended it as a super disturbing book and I thought why not. Was it disturbing? Yes. Did it make me not want to read it? No. Honestly I’ve read worse, but I really enjoyed how the parallels came into fruition. Major trigger warnings though for anyone reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, 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

kiranx's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

would love to send some sympathy flowers to this author's therapist.
dear god.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Vomit, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, and Torture

not enough content warnings in the world for this book.

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

cpcleveland13's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Confinement, Rape, and Blood

jps8455's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Sexual violence, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Blood, and Rape

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