Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

242 reviews

marjati_reads's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

chefboyavi's review

challenging dark 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

4.25

I like Rumfitt’s writing style quite a bit. I enjoy books that are disjointed, change perspective, and expect the reader to put in the work to understand what’s happening. However, I found it a bit heavy handed and there were times when I think Rumfitt could have had a bit more restraint.

Getting to the chapter titled “You” was probably the highlight of the book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

errie's review

challenging dark

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

atticusboo's review

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

This book had so much potential - drawing on the basic ideals of a haunted house (strongly inspired by the haunting of hill house by Shirley Jackson). 
The author spend too much time trying to show how clever and deep they were that the story just got lost in itself and fell off into rambling nonsense towards the end.
Some chapters are very good at creating frightening, atmospheric horror but overall this should have stayed as a creative writing project in someone's journal imo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

This book contains VERY graphic depictions of rape and sexual assault.

ratkingcole's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Dysphoria

partly_stars's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

It's a book that crawls under your skin to stay there. Its dark and gothic and full of trauma and horrible things happening. Si much exploration of trauma and its manifestations. Discossion on gender and transness, fascim and righr wirmng hate rising in britain. Its so very quer and so very british in its matter but also carries a lot of emotional weight that i think would carry over to non british audiences too.
Rumfitt is a skilled writer that boldly delves into darkest places and makes the reader feel them viscerally. The narrative voice weaves and blends tge perspectives of the characters, The House and omniscient narrator referencing things that have not yet came to pass. It makes you qestion what is really happenibg and what is in the mind, the nightmare state
This book is dark, trigger warnings galore, but it's not used for shock value. It all has a purpouse to tell a story and tobcreate thisvbleak universe that explores some of teh darkest things in midern british hearts that yet have roots deeply within this nations heart. It's both the worst case scenario and a warnungod what could happen
I love horror that has a messege that is explored through it and this one certeinly does. It made me want to step away and take a mental shower but i thinkbitsva really good book
Chilkung in its horror elements too like holly shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual harassment

spinebinding's review

challenging 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

A compelling horror novel that felt like looking in a grimy bathroom mirror. A complex story dealing with the complex intersections of transness and racial identity, how fascism or psudo-fascist states and cultures eat into and violate every person living under them and how it violently separates us and turns us against each other for it's own benefit, making us both the victim and victimizer. 

This story focuses heavily on the fascism and socio-political climate of England.  As an American reader, the themes and concepts did translate and the story resonated deeply with me, but you will find it feels slightly misaligned with American fascism simply because they are different breeds of the same species.   

Some may find the imagery and messaging too heavy handed, but for me it never really felt out of place.  When reading others' opinions I would think 'of course it's heavy handed, fascism is heavy handed.  It beat's itself into you and many do not even notice.'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Racial slurs

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

evelyncore's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book feels and reads like a political post nut clarity - and that's good?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Deadnaming, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Excrement, Vomit, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Deportation

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

b_fruits's review

4.5

Oooooooooooof ouch my stomach hurts after this one. This felt like everything I wanted Manhunt to be. It’s really hard to pull off contemporary and overt political/social references without falling into heavy-handedness, but Rumfitt pulled it off. I had a few complaints - I wish Hannah had been given more focus and background, and I had a bit of a tough time with the way the

Alice vs Ila rape dual-confusion

was balanced and handled. Otherwise very good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, and Injury/Injury detail