Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

59 reviews

gorejoyous's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Blood, Animal death, Sexual assault, Rape, Transphobia, Body horror, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Excrement, Vomit, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

kirsty_laird's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Addiction, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Animal death, Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Blood, Deadnaming, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Deportation, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Rape, Dysphoria, Excrement, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

thebankofbooks's review

challenging hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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: Antisemitism, Racism, Rape, Violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Suicide, Vomit, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Excrement, Deportation, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Ableism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, and Toxic friendship

ellisdex's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Rape, Racism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Sexual content, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Misogyny, Alcohol, Blood, Dysphoria, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Car accident, Torture, Death, Infertility, Murder, Vomit, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

Graphic: Sexual assault, Transphobia, Hate crime, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Antisemitism, Cursing, Excrement, Gore, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

laiva's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Pedophilia, Antisemitism, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

throwback682's review against another edition

dark tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This is the most disturbing book I’ve ever read in my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Racism, Physical abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Colonisation, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Animal death, Classism, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Rape, Blood, Dysphoria, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Antisemitism, Gore, Excrement, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Deportation, and War

billie_budd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

5.0

absolutely brutal read but so so worth it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Racism, Suicide attempt, Blood, Xenophobia, Body horror, Antisemitism, Transphobia, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit, Misogyny, Classism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Infertility, Animal death, Excrement, and Pedophilia

gia0203's review

challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.25

This book showed how fascism is circular - how our history is shared and how quickly our anger at our own circumstances becomes hatred for others. It was hard to read at times, but that’s the point. Horror is a fantastic way to examine the world around us, and Alison knows it.

The climax of this book is harrowing and I felt nauseous reading it. What a fucking ride. The way the text splits into two… Original, terrific. 

I will say though that the idealistic ending between Alice and Ila is forced. This book should have ended on page 252. I don’t buy for a second that they could’ve escaped that house and moved on so happily. Maybe I’m pessimistic, but trauma isn’t so easily erased and radicalism can’t be so quickly undone. These two were doomed from the start. It was just too quickly wrapped up. I felt like Alison was just too fond of them to give them the ending they should have had.

 

I also think that the social commentary became too much at times. I understood the point was that all oppression is similar, but it was just a bit too much to comprehend.

That said, I will never read this book again, but I would completely recommend it. It is not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Death, Suicide, Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Self harm, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Excrement, and Gun violence

my_a's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Gothic as the genre was intended. One of the few modern gothic horrors that gets it right. Wow I am still processing this book. A difficult but compelling read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Body horror, Rape, Homophobia, Hate crime, Violence, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Excrement, Blood, Antisemitism, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship