Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

54 reviews

gryflette's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

baileymcdonald's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Violence, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Incest, Homophobia, Gore, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Body horror, Blood, and Addiction

hannahlois's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

4.5

For those considering  reading this book - if you are at all squeamish or sensitive to this subject matter (graphic depictions of death, murder, necrophilia, torture, rape) - do not pick this up. Don’t even attempt it.  The content warnings are there for a reason, pay attention to them.
Exquisite Corpse kind of feels like the book version of Requiem for a Dream. Requiem for a Dream is a masterpiece of a film, but I wouldn’t say it’s a “good” movie, not in the enjoyable sense. And it’s not one most people watch more than once as it’s a absolutely hellish piece of film making. Exquisite Corpse is a mean, nasty, and hellish piece of literature. I usually only give 4 or 5 stars to books I would read again. I do not think I will read this again, however, it is worthy of more than 3 stars. The searing prose is pitch perfect, and the author told a compelling story. You shouldn’t want to keep reading, but you do. They suck you in. You know you have to see how this all plays out, but you also know it’s not going to end well.  If you have the stomach for it, I do recommend this book.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Torture

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Incest and Racial slurs

cecja's review against another edition

dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Incest