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theelizabethjoy's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
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
3.0
This was a difficult book for me to get through due to the body horror, descriptions of rot, multiple instances of someone pissing and the main character describing the sound and or smell and or feel of the urine.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Sexual content
Further trigger warnings: urine, rotting food descriptions (both sight and smell)talin's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content and Body horror
emilycmarshman's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.25
gross!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Body horror, and Excrement
vavocado's review against another edition
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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Sexual content
prickly_plant's review
challenging
dark
medium-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
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Excrement and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault
gloom_lord's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
"But the apple was first, and it never stops rotting, it just gets blacker."
I'm skeptical of those who read this novel and only found "vibes" and piss contained therein. Yeah, it has those things in spades, but I want to give Paradise Rot more credit than that. I think it's fascinating how Hval's writing is able to wrest sensuality out of the abject, and with it construct its own contemporary fairytale. This book might as well be a rotting apple, a glistening mushroom, a colony of mold. That's what it felt like to me. Sentences became spores. At times, they entered my body without cognition, eliciting soft reveries with the fleshy interior backdrop of an eyelid.
It's not a "perfect" book, but I devoured it in two short sittings and I have not stopped thinking about it.
I'm skeptical of those who read this novel and only found "vibes" and piss contained therein. Yeah, it has those things in spades, but I want to give Paradise Rot more credit than that. I think it's fascinating how Hval's writing is able to wrest sensuality out of the abject, and with it construct its own contemporary fairytale. This book might as well be a rotting apple, a glistening mushroom, a colony of mold. That's what it felt like to me. Sentences became spores. At times, they entered my body without cognition, eliciting soft reveries with the fleshy interior backdrop of an eyelid.
It's not a "perfect" book, but I devoured it in two short sittings and I have not stopped thinking about it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Sexual content
saint_eleanor's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
So bizarre and delicious
It almost reminded me of Mother! (The movie)
It almost reminded me of Mother! (The movie)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Excrement and Sexual content
lwilson43's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
What an odd little read... Hval takes this deceptively simple story about one woman's sexual awakening and creates an environment out of it, complete with all the nuances and complexities that come with it. But when the fungus takes hold, sometimes it can be a bitch and a half to tear it out, almost like it was tearing myself away from Hval's words!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
floorsalad's review
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Beautifully written. Read it in two days.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Body horror, and Alcohol
Minor: Cannibalism
alsoapples's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault