Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

21 reviews

unluckycat13's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

I normally don't like a book about such awful people, but honestly I've definitely known the people in this book. Especially Alice. To some extent I've been the people in this book at one point or another. It's a very raw and honest book, people say that about a lot of things but this is sincerity without the saccharine coating that's usually used. 

It has unhinged fetish posts that are reminiscent of the real Internet, and it plays with the structure of a novel in ways that are meta without breaking the story. 

The author builds moments of genuine tension that I rarely feel in a novel. The down side is that the author frequently undercut these moments too. 

My favorite aspect was that the book is very topical. Most fiction is afraid to be set in the world we live in, identifiable and dated. It must always be timeless unless it's a period piece. This book is very identifiably the world I inhabit and see every day. 

Overall solid and I look forward to seeing what other books the author writes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

trashgobby's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

dodgeremerson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Absolutely brutal. 

This book made me deeply uncomfortable the entire time I read it. I don't regret reading it, as it is a good look at how easy it is to fall into fascist ideology, especially for young people and marginalized individuals. 

It is not for everyone, but if you have the stomach for it, it's worth a read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

pullingthorns's review

challenging dark reflective sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

jemmers's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

elenavarg's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

It’s been a while since a horror book managed to truly horrify me, but this one certainly did. It had an overpowering sense of dread through-out as well as some truly terrifying scenes. It managed to walk the thin line between misery porn/exploitation and horror imagery.

I’m taking off one star because some of the more stream of conciousness chapters were not for my liking (they’re very hard for me to read, so I don’t enjoy them as a stylistic choice), one particularly on the nose scene of swastika-related body-horror (the scene was so absurd it made me laugh) and the weird, off-putting feeling I get when I’m not quite sure of an author’s ethnicity while their work discussed racism (I couldn’t find out, if Rumfitt herself is Jewish and/or brown; if so, this critisism is totally unrelated and unfounded).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

saeruh's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

3.0

oh wow this was a lot. A really, really gruesome and gory and traumatic book. I think a lot of the points it tried to make got bogged down in these massive rants supposed to coming from the house but just made me feel confused and very gross! The resolution of the story made absolutely no sense to me, these two characters were absolutely so toxic and despised each other and then suddenly they’re back in love?
   I know it’s British writing but wow was I tired of hearing the word “cunt!”
  Falls under the weird books for weird girls term but pls read and consider all of the triggers, I don’t think I did fully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

augusts_2020's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

cardboard's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism