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Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Death of parent
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Personally, I don't think you can write about something like that for a grossed out reaction. It comes off as insensitive and slightly concerning. Gore has a limit and I think that limit is kids. Don't write about kids dude, that's super weird.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
I usually don't get much out of short story collections, but this one also functions as a complete novel, so if you feel similarly, this collection might still do it for you.
Not for the faint of heart, as you may already know if you've heard anything about this book at all. I don't blame anyone who can't finish the book, especially as there is nary a sympathetic character to be found, and this can make the whole thing feel pointless. I still got enough out of it to keep going though, Mrs. Clark's stories about her daughter give the book sort of a lifeline, and one story in particular struck me as ending on kind of a positive note ("Exodus"), the only one of its kind.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Transphobia, Cannibalism, Murder
Moderate: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Incest
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Vomit, Pregnancy
Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
I absolutely hate this book. It is not anything that I enjoy, there is no horror here. Unless you’re brand of horror is gross out horror than I guess this could work for you, but to me it was just a pointless excuse to be over the top disgusting for no reason.
The story is set up with 3 confusing layers, the actual narrative of these “writers” being locked in a theater and self sabotaging everything every chance they get, a shitty poem about each unlikeable character, and some inane short story that really has no point other than to be shocking. This style, while creative, was a slog to get through and just so disjointed and confusing. Also, all the characters are the worst human beings you’ll ever read about which is probably the point, but as a character driven reader this was pure hell for me.
I wish I could go back in time and stop myself from reading this book. If you love pretentious gross out horror with no point then this could honestly interest you. But if you’re a reader who likes horror that’s atmospheric, scary, or character driven steer clear of Haunted.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Cannibalism
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Abortion