Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

310 reviews

pullingthorns's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

3.75

What the fuck

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Rape, Addiction, Eating disorder, Self harm, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, Abortion, Blood, and Body shaming

aileron's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Rape

Moderate: Self harm and Animal death

Minor: Body shaming and Classism

makingandbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Outstanding. Loved this. Utterly obsessed with Irina and her distorted view of herself and her world. The whole book is deeply disturbing, told from Irina's perspective who is an incredible unreliable narrator. As her mental health deteriorates, her substance abuse worsens and the line between reality and imagination blurs.

Did she commit murder or was it all imagined?

That's up to the reader to decide and I have a feeling I'm going to be thinking about this one for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

anna_2022's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Death, Vomit, Violence, and Sexual assault

twentythreeandahalf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Vomit, Violence, Rape, Body horror, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Blood, Murder, Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

yorggeorg's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Violence, Vomit, Blood, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

tayo2000's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense medium-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

5.0

I loved this. 

Boy Parts is a thoroughly engrossing (and gruesome? Brutal? Unhinged??) exploration of gender and sexuality. The power of men over women looked at through the lens of a female protagonist (antagonist?) flipping the narrative on its head. I think I will certainly need some more time to fully digest this and sort my thoughts. Rest assured though this is a five star read. 

Irina is also a sociopath, but that’s a conversation for another time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Self harm, Sexual content, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

eirasenior's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Body horror, Drug use, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

houseofjules's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

I liked this book, it made me realize that I find stories about fucked up women fascinating. 

It also made me realize that this is what My Year of Rest and Relaxation wants to be and falls drastically short. I have also seen this compared to American Psycho but for girls. And you know what, I liked that story as well (I've only watched it, not read it). 

I think this says something bad about me, just not sure what. But I think this is a successful story because of the commentary rather than the behavior displayed by the MC. I mean, girlfriend needs therapy BAD. But her support system failed her from the beginning, starting with her relationship with her mother and the things she goes on to experience in her early years.

 This is pretty privilege at play as well, which allows her to get away with lots of things. In fact its the main question she tried to find an answer to. This book feel like running your tongue over a recently extracted tooth. Painful, horrifying even, but hard to stop exploring. 

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Content Warnings

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

galexywitch's review against another edition

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

5.0

The protagonist of this book is a horrible person. She’s a monster. Most of the side characters are quite unlikable people as well. Do not read this book if you are expecting a redemption arc - the protagonist does not grow into a better person, but continues to be an unapologetic, horrible person to pretty much everyone in her life. 

That being said, I loved this book. Irina (the protagonist) is the bad guy of this story, but being in her head is fascinating even if it is horrifying as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Vomit and Eating disorder