Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

52 reviews

silverheartbookclub's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Infertility and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming and Abandonment

b95's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

quietlex's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

This was pure shit. I bought this because I saw a tiktok video claiming that it was a really good horror novel, and now I’m disappointed to have wasted my money. The “Extreme Horror Novel” label on the cover really means “disgusting sexual assault” in a bunch of different ways. I’ve always hated “horror” that ends up being just a sick man’s sexual fantasies/traumas. You can write a good horror that incorporates the good and bad of sex, without having the entire book revolving around the gore and other atrocities that can happen. The title “Woom” is accurate since the thing is chock full of vagina! Each chapter has some horrible thing happening to a poor woman’s body. There’s absolutely nothing scary about this book, it’s just flat out gross. The story telling is awfully drab and boring, with vile things being described blandly in order to grab your attention. It doesn’t work. The only good thing about this book is that it is so short. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lizzyjanereadsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This book was….. something. I’m not sure I would classify this as horror. Definitely very weird, and left me with my mouth literally hanging open. LOTS of trigger warnings. This whole book itself is a trigger warning. Probably a book that will stay with me for a long time with how bizarre it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, Murder, and Sexual harassment

reading__raven's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

hoole95's review against another edition

dark emotional relaxing tense fast-paced

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

3.5

People kept on telling me this was a super  fucked up book and you couldn’t unsee it after you read it and for most of it I wasn’t  seeing that. The scene were some what disturbing but nothing burned in your brain bad. Till like the last chapter like what the hell was that 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

gmarie12's review against another edition

challenging dark 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: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

thekixel's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

clarke's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

This was so fucking funny

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Fatphobia

caffeinated_or_chaos's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail