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skogsheks's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Incest
fluoresensitive's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic
hippieonsteroids's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Vomit
erica_reads_things's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism
Minor: Incest and Stalking
motor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
jully_bean's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
sigynmoon's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Suicide
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality
adorableautist's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
Exquisite Corpse lacks the campy revelry, magical realism, or self conscious introspection that marks most of the splatterhouse lit that is actually worth reading. Instead it ambitiously attempts to grapple with the cruel confluenceof queerness and violence that became the dominant culural narrative for gay men in the eighties and nineties. Most characters in the book are HIV positive and nearly all of them have received, witnessed, or inflicted grotesque violence by the end of the book.
This willfully tasteless literary construction might've amounted to something genuinely compelling if it hadn't undermined itself by depicting its serial killer characters as romantically powerful and hyper inteligent super villains. For all of the literary talent on display, which is by no means meager, the end result feels juvenile in its romanticization of serial killers. The monstrous characters would have better served the the book's emotional and thematic needs, no matter how sweetly nihilistic they might be, if they had been allowed to be altogether more pathetic than enticing.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Torture, and Murder
introverted_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
twink death (literally)
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia
katelynalice's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Incest and Stalking