Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

56 reviews

abbie_reads_horror's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• 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, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy

lisa_butler79's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

This was definitely a WTF did I just read book. I feel like I should go to church and make a confession that I finished this book.

The mini stories that made up the whole story are written by someone very sick in the head, but what's even stranger I wasn't bothered by the stories, I wasn't grossed out as I was told I would be in fact it was quite a laughable story. I blame my dad for letting me watch "faces of death" as a child I'm not easily upset.

This book does have a lot of trigger warnings and not at all for the Faint of heart reader.

I found this book darkly humorous and disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Abortion

sopranoreader's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

kenzielireads's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Extreme horror

lpniskanen's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

5 stars because it fucked with my mind for a week straight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

myka's review against another edition

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

What an utterly stupid piece of trash. Bending and twisting the female anatomy to fit his sick imagination. The whole time I was reading, I wasn't disgusted by the gore, but by the stupidity of the scenes. This book was clearly written by a man who never touched a woman. He has no idea about the difference between a vagina and uterus. The "plot" made me cringe so hard that I was grinding my teeth. This is not horror. It's an abomination of a male fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy