Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Cows by Matthew Stokoe

37 reviews

gothkicks's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Well-written but grotesque to an often gratuitous extent.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

dreamyari's review

dark medium-paced

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

0.5

content warnings: animal cruelty, animal death, blood, body horror, cannibalism, child abuse, child death, death, death of parent, emotional abuse, excrement, gore, islamophobia, mental illness, misogyny, murder, physical abuse, pregnancy, racial slurs, rape, sexism, sexual assault, sexual violence, torture

i’m not even kidding, this and dead inside have the exact same problem of being so formulaic where every chapter is the repeat of the previous one with like. a sentence of a difference. extreme horror is great but only when done with an iota of something that isn’t just ~oooo disgusting description that will make the reader gag~. it sure will!! but what’s the point if that’s all there is? WHY did so many influencers recommend this lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Islamophobia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

katenorman17's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Islamophobia, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

janachigo's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

michloue's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

hannahbananasue's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.0

The most disgusting book I have ever read. I can’t say that I wasn’t entertained though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, and Murder

murielreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Un libro fuertón. No es para el estómago de todo el mundo. Claramente para el mío si lo fue lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Vomit

reddarko's review against another edition

Shock value just for the sake of shocking readers. No substance outside of that. I don't mind gore and gross out things, but I like to have some sort of substance alongside it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, and Excrement

aidencorvus's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

anpaul98's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy