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Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

57 reviews

iheartm4m's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

Clark has written a dark and twisted character, one in which you get lost in her psyche. She lives in a rampant self destructive world and has never lived any differently. An unreliable narrator only told different through photographs, is the story shes telling us true?
An excellently written dark mystery, funny in places too. Will need to read again with a different perspective.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Sexual assault, Self harm, Gore, Eating disorder, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

cece5j's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Cursing, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gore, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Child death

heymegoh's review against another edition

dark slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexism, Self harm, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Rape, and Alcohol

rgrgrg's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Violence

tiaisabelle1's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

A hideous book, really truly awful. I would have given this a 4 or more if it had built up to something? Maybe it was a continuation of the lack of stable character and narration, but it felt like the book could have ended in the middle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

madleina's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Violence

penelopereads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

No clue how to rate this book. I hated it but also didn’t. It was an extremely uncomfortable experience. I literally grimaced my way through it.

I’m trying not to give spoilers but I suppose there are MILD SPOILERS below. These are more notes for myself to help me work through how I feel about this book.



Eddie 💔

Bit Dolly/Emma Jane esque. Didn’t like that. Don’t appreciate that lifestyle. Main character is intolerable (but that’s the point.)

Did appreciate the flip of the usual predatory/violent/dangerous/ruthless and detached narrative.

Trauma? Mental health?

Enjoyed the did she/didn’t she?

Was impressed by what seemed like a very sudden/surprising shift about 2/3 through, which in retrospect was actually hinted at.

The use of the name, the cat and the bell (Schrödinger, much?) were clever and subtle but not too subtle.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit