Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

54 reviews

cheyanndow's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Incest, Body horror, Rape, Addiction, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, and Sexual violence

dias's review

dark slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Racism, Incest, Blood, Cannibalism, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Torture, Gore, Vomit, Violence, Pedophilia, Death, Rape, and Police brutality

rosesofthespring's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Addiction, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Excrement, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Outing, Terminal illness, Torture, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Classism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, and Incest

Explicit descriptions and discussion of HIV/AIDS in the 80s gay scene. Significant anti-Asian racism. Granted it all comes from characters who are meant to be despicable, but it is still constant.

shinsoukoku's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

its as advertised and touted online—a gory disturbing horror novel. readers of this particular genre of horror probably won't go wrong with choosing this book. 

but ill admit i, personally, wanted it to be more than what it was and expand on more on the social commentary because it's the moments where the characters are simply existing in a society that doesn't want them to that really unsettled me. it would've helped understanding the fetishistic descriptions of tran (which i think is probably on purpose) in the eyes of white men as something that actually serves a purpose. but it falls flat and it's interactions with it's setting and the intersecting identities within them is shallow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Racism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Vomit

Minor: Slavery, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child death, Incest, and Infidelity

asian fetishization

queserasara's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Incest

orcamagicka's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Drug abuse, Cannibalism, Sexual violence, Drug use, Gore, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Outing, Alcohol, Police brutality, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, and Xenophobia

o_morr'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Cannibalism, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicide and Incest

goromajima's review

dark sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide, Rape, and Homophobia

Minor: Incest

marywater's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

this book was somehow beautifully written despite its contents and even though it terrified and disgusted me i'm going to miss it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, and Vomit

lycheejelly's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Vomit