Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

25 reviews

bootsmom3's review

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Blood, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Antisemitism and Racism

Minor: Vomit, Excrement, Genocide, and Death of parent

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I can definitely say this book got me out of a reading slump!

It’s a thriller so the writing isn’t as flowery/deep as I usually like to read, but this one was still 😘👌🏻 chefs kiss

There were so many twists and so many different factors that actually kept me entertained and hooked into what would happen. So aspects were predictable (how different can you possibly make a thriller?) but still fun to watch it play out and keep guessing

I’m a HUGE sucker for anything involving writers retreats/trapped bc of a blizzard/mirrored symbols/suspense/paranormal and this one had almost all of that!

Perfect amazing brilliant choice for either a cabin retreat (duh) OR a beach read imo

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Alcohol, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Drug use, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Outing, Racism, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Body horror, and Lesbophobia

laurafrances's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Biphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Confinement, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Body horror, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

yuyuv's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Excrement, Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Medical content, Outing, Toxic friendship, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

adelinebal4's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Toxic friendship, Excrement, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Excrement, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, and Drug use

clevelandbookgirl's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gaslighting, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Excrement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Vomit, Racism, and Confinement

jenn_reads's review

dark 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

2.0

Makes no damn sense. Compels me, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic friendship, Death, Murder, Confinement, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Excrement

Secretly drugging someone else, blackmail/coercion, supernatural elements, what even is real?

pickupthebook's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I was hesitant going into this book because of all the mixed reviews, but decided to give it a shot because the plot sounded so interesting. I was hooked from the first line and remained entertained throughout. This book went from unsettling, to creepy, to downright disturbing and was a fun exploration of female friendships and the writing process, a critique of the publishing industry, and maybe a good reminder to never meet your heroes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Confinement

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Drug use, Alcohol, and Excrement

danajoy's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury