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Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

175 reviews

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

abril_chavez's review

dark reflective sad tense slow-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: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Antisemitism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

walkonpooh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

booking_along's review against another edition

1.5

this was not for me. 

i do not like horror that is mostly shock value, crude and feels like it forced a specific narrative and opinion -be it one that shadows real life, reflects the authors option or is simply the loudest public voices reflected back at this particular time. 


also i felt a but as if this was purposefully badly written? 
and i didn’t like that either. 

look horror for me can be a lot of things to be good or for me to see why other will love it even if i personally didn’t enjoy it as much. 

but it had to have something that works:
- the writing has be what makes the story. be it that it’s unique or different or tells a story in a way that just makes you flip the pages no matter how horrific the scenes your reading are. 
-the characters make the story and you want to see what happens to and with them.
- the suspense horror that builds and builds and while it doesn’t need to be a new kind of horror or even a uniquely told one… if the suspense is there and makes it horrific? that’s horror! 


what i don’t think makes a book horror even if it’s horrific is using slurs, being purposefully crude and hurtful or downgrading towards groups that already face those things every day. 
we don’t need more hateful stories against anyone LGBT+ or women or black people! 
and i felt like that is what the book was doing. it just kept picking  and picking and picking and freaking picking at those topics but not in a good or even horrific way but just doing it. 
now it could be that it was that kind of read for me because the constant and completely unnecessary slurs at every page, that i didn’t feel the writing was anything great… it didn’t do anything? which sounds so mean and hurtful and i hate saying that but this book felt a bit like a ranting internet hate speech to just hear themselves screech into the void!

maybe that was what the author wanted to achieve. 
then points to them! they achieved their goal of that. 

if that wasn’t the intended style… i have no idea what it was suppose to do. 

for me this book tried to be shocking and edging and one of those reads that feel uncomfortable  with showing how the current times treat some people. 

but for me it didn’t get there and fell not only short but didn’t even mange to come near it. 

not my type of book clearly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Classism

isobelthefrog's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, and Transphobia

Moderate: Hate crime

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

luck13rabbit's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

There were parts of this book I liked so much. I wish it had been a little more metaphor and a little less obvious and preachy, but at the same time, I don't think that's bad. This is definitely a book some people need, and I'm so glad it exists. I just like my social commentary with more ghosts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

ciaranolio's review

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

One of my favourite books, outright. An incredible, twisted horror story about fascism, womanhood, and social privilege, revolving around a haunted house (which is also England), among the finest of its kind in the storied and ghost-ridden neighbourhood of horror writing. Reminiscent of Gretchen Felker-Martin and Jonathan Sims in writing style and subject matter, this book concerns itself heavily with radicalisation, gender, and intersections of identity. Rumfitt's POV characters are incredible, both sympathetic and unlikeable in their own wholly separate ways. A must read, in my mind, for those not immediately put off by the graphic subject matter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death, Deadnaming, Drug use, Genocide, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Dysphoria

Violent nazism, fascism, and especially modern white nationalism are at the core of this book. Proceed with caution if these are difficult topics, as Rumfitt (quite rightly) pulls no punches with the subject of the horror she describes.

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

A phenomenal novel, if not entirely enjoyable, it is a harrowing exploration of trauma through bigotry and intergenerational fascism can lead to prejudice and self-loathing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Excrement, Vomit, and War

Minor: Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

Be prepared for instances of INCEL culture, terrorism, bombing, disturbing hate symbols, TERF culture, woman-on-woman sexual assault, serial killing, self-hatred, strap-on sex, the loss of a friend, and public sex.