Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

34 reviews

editorgrrl's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad 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

4.0

Irina (or did her mam name her “Irene”?) is a painfully thin female bisexual Patrick Bateman (complete with business cards and cleaning products) from Northern England.

An unreliable narrator, she drops names, watches ultra violent films, and wishes she were a stone cold bitch rather than a plumber’s daughter who’s only working part time at a seedy bar so that her mam will continue to pay half her rent.

If you hate unlikable characters, this is not the book for you. I found it darkly humorous, and a little sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Self harm

Minor: Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, and Animal cruelty

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

dark emotional funny relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Took off 0.25 cus she killed the kitty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Homophobia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Lesbophobia, Pedophilia, Transphobia, Grief, Rape, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

sweethibe's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.5

Therapy isn't enough, Irina needs a psych ward. I think I'm also in love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Vomit, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Eating disorder, Death, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

aubreyyy's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

This was disappointing. Irina is absolutely disgusting and this book lowkey made me nauseous. Irina is so disgustingly evil but there’s no point. Like I genuinely don’t get it and it just seems like the author wanted to write awful characters. I 100% believe that if a man wrote this it would’ve been canceled but because a woman wrote it it got all this praise as being edgy. The only way I could see this book being saved is if it’s marketed as horror but even then there’s just a lot of shock factor nonsense. Super disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Self harm

tiffisabooknerd's review

challenging dark tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

larakennedy's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Murder, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

forestfeyrie's review

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal death, Racism, Eating disorder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Murder

nicolehalim's review

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Cursing

mc__reads's review

badly written, traumatizing plot, extremely unlikable characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gore, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Murder, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Addiction, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Death, Excrement, Gaslighting, Rape, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

errie's review

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Violence, Rape, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death