Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

189 reviews

gracepickford's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Torture, Suicide, Murder, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Gore, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Drug use, Body horror, Racism, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Blood, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Rape

evelyncore's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

Made me think about glass in the eye more times than I am comfortable with - amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Rape, Self harm, Vomit, Classism, Gore, Violence, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Body horror, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

charlieeew's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Body shaming

Moderate: Murder, Animal death, Self harm, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Death

jesselopod's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Superb audiobook reading. I thought it was awful but then I realised that it was just the main character that was awful. This book is what I wanted my year of rest and relaxation to be. It read like Effie from Skins got into photography and got infinitely more mean. At first I thought this book was gratuitously excessively unhinged, but as I kept reading I found the concepts the book was exploring really compelling.

Although I was frustrated that it took as long as it did to drop the hook into the story surrounding “my boy”, I really loved the way the author handled the slide into unreliability as Irena’s reality dissolved around her, and I really enjoyed the emotional roller coaster the author put you through as a reader, how she played around with empathy the reader feels for her alongside her unforgivable cruelty. 

The ending was very abrupt. I like that there is no resolution to knowing what is and isn’t real, but I also felt the story didn’t really reach a conclusion either. With a tweaked ending I think I would have rated it much higher.

I viscerally hated reading much of this, it felt like watching a car crash, but I also didn’t want to stop listening to it. I don’t like horror as a genre, but I’m glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Murder, Rape, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

chrishham's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

bro...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Violence, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Murder, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Self harm, Body shaming, and Transphobia

samantha914's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense

• 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

2.0

This book was very hard to get through, I can’t lie. The writing style was hard for me to follow and I honestly couldn’t wait to be done with it. The ending did leave my jaw on the floor though, I can say that. It’s like it got good in the last 5 pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Addiction, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, Rape, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

miriyumi's review

dark tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Rape and Toxic friendship

luxxltyd's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Alcohol, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Rape, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Eating disorder, Murder, Sexual content, Death, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, and Pedophilia

pingi444's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Sexism, Murder, Rape, Drug use, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Physical abuse, Bullying, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Torture, Sexual content, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

_cheshirecxt's review

challenging 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

I had a terrible time reading this 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Rape, Fatphobia, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Body shaming, Addiction, Bullying, Eating disorder, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Self harm, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cancer