Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

93 reviews

voidcrawler's review against another edition

challenging dark 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: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Gore, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Drug use

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Disturbingly dark. Not at all what I expected — but heinous nonetheless. This nontraditional tale of horror will definitely fuck up your brain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Violence, Addiction, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Vomit

wends_nblw's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

CW / TW that isnt in Storygraph list : Descriptive scene of a minor engaging in sexual behavior

I honestly don't know how to rate this. I loved the characters and found myself connecting to them somehow, finding the whole

rebirthing

thing to be strangely therapeutic in a sense. However, the complete lack of respect Angel shows at the end for Shyla made me frown, despite knowing it was not out of character. As well, the n word having made an appearance twice was also very offputting. It was so out of place, I can't imagine why Ralston chose to add it in the first place. It's a shame, as it was a very lovely story otherwise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Infertility, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

our_bookish_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was truly one demented, excessively gory and odious, yet unique book. I don't think I'll ever be able to read this book again. I really enjoyed it, i think. 😅 I like to think i have a pretty strong stomach. I've seen many a thing in my life, but NEVER before has a book made me so nauseated that I physically turned the book from my face and looked away from it to process and not vomit on my book and bed 🤢... but just like true horror, it drew me back in. 

This was a "read at your own pace" buddy read, with three IG friends. We shall see what they think as well!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual assault, Abortion, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Grief, Torture, and Violence

lillystahl's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Abortion, Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Rape, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Excrement, Infertility, and Physical abuse

effys's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

3.0

This is a hard book to rate or review because I can’t say I enjoyed this book by any means but it’s not the sort of book you’re meant to enjoy (if someone told me they enjoyed this book I think I’d back away slowly and then run as far away as I could) it’s definitely a gruesome book that’s not for the feint of heart and I would not take trigger warnings lightly for this book it’s brutal honestly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Sexual assault, Excrement, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Abortion

juliebean666's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

0.25

Just don’t read this. It’s pure garbage. It’s an insult to the genre to call this horror. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Excrement, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Abortion, Torture, Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gore, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

smc92's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Cursing, Drug abuse, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Violence, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

courtvsbooks's review against another edition

dark fast-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

I don’t even know what to say about this book. Someone recommended it as a super disturbing book and I thought why not. Was it disturbing? Yes. Did it make me not want to read it? No. Honestly I’ve read worse, but I really enjoyed how the parallels came into fruition. Major trigger warnings though for anyone reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

ekmook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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