Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

242 reviews

helloashluna's review

tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

chrishham's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Pedophilia

rinh's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Oooft. This book was part gothic horror, part polemic, part stream of consciousness, part character driven drama. It didn't let up for 1 second and felt like a constant onslaught. It was very, very good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

talisha_tjernstrom's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I wish I could have never read this. Awful. A wild array of ideals that at their very best made me uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Classism

waverlyloyd's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.0

I read someone else’s review saying that this should’ve been a short story and I couldn’t agree more. There were definitely some interesting discussions in this, but overall it felt too much, too on the nose, and I truly couldn’t tell what the message was. Like are we all supposed to love each other or are we only allowed to love certain types of people? I got lost in the message. There were definitely horror elements that were super intriguing, and some dialogue that was very powerful, but for the most part I was just confused 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship

sarasanchez's review

dark

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Transphobia, and Antisemitism

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt felt like two very different novels that came crashing together in a strange, but somehow compelling fashion. First, this novel has a lot of extremely vulgar scenes from gore and violence, to derogatory slurs and sexual content. Based on the description of the book (note: not the reviews or summaries) on the internet and back of the book, I wasn’t expecting that. This book also takes on a litany of heavy topics that are hard to digest on their own, nevermind all combined into one novel, and sometimes even one scene. I think this book is extremely triggering, and I say that as someone who isn’t easily offended by content in books no matter how graphic. I will say that I think it was done in a complex and thought provoking manner, especially concerning the points the book made about the rights of transgender individuals. That being said, I think that the characters were interesting, though heavily flawed. I loved that there was strong transgender representation, and I do think that while this book was filled with slurs and hateful characters, that was done intentionally to show the connection between outward hate and lack of personal acceptance. As for the horror aspect, this reminded me a lot of the SAW franchise, which I happen to be a pretty big fan of. I will say, however, that the house to me was lacking real motivation for its role in the events that transpired. As a horror novel, this was more graphic and truly haunting than a lot of others I’ve read. It doesn’t hold back (in any capacity) and works hard from the first moment we meet a ghost to freak out the reader to their core. All of that being said, check the trigger warnings (here and on Goodreads or The StoryGraph). If after reading them, you think this book sounds like it might be up your alley, I would say it’s worth checking out, especially if you enjoy graphic haunting horror novels and heated political commentary from both sides of arguments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

punk_flower_child's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

Horrifying, heartbreaking, grabs-you-by-the-throat storytelling. I had to finish it quickly because it was putting me in a weird headspace but I still loved it. Some of the run ones make it a little hard to follow but I really think it lends to the idea of psychosis or other forms of mental torment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse

aneclipseofmoths's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

kurumipanda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Drug use, and Pedophilia

Minor: Vomit