Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

4 reviews

char_a_lot_te's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

What the actual fuck.

Scalding commentary on the role of art in our society and the current state of the patriarchy. Absolutely repulsive, don't read it unless you're mentally stable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Murder, Rape, Torture, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Body horror, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Infidelity

ivirtue's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, Addiction, Torture, Sexual content, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Eating disorder

britrcup's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal death, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Rape, Gore, Medical content, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

caitatkinson_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I’m genuinely not sure what to make of this book at all. I liked that it was from my hometown? I liked some of the social / political / class commentary throughout but it was really odd. Not at all what I was expecting, so much more violent and graphic - super uncomfortable in places! It was such a strange reading experience, I’d definitely check trigger / content warnings before reading this one! I didn’t do that and it was just almost the complete opposite of what the blurb seems to imply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Body shaming, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Vomit