Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

43 reviews

valeria_guercini's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

4.0

A protagonist who is the queen of unlikeable, crazy protagonists. A bunch of young boys who trust and need women too much. A best friend with a savior complex. A mental breakdown. A traumatic childhood. This checks EVERY box in my list of favorite tropes. Absolutely hated everything the protagonist did, from start to finish, which means it was perfect.
This really could have done with a closer look at her past and a faster pace though. That's the only complaint I have.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Murder

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

_maggie__'s review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal death, Self harm, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

raimundo's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Violence, Self harm, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual content, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

catesm's review against another edition

challenging dark 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: Eating disorder, Gore, Rape, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

caitatkinson_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I’m genuinely not sure what to make of this book at all. I liked that it was from my hometown? I liked some of the social / political / class commentary throughout but it was really odd. Not at all what I was expecting, so much more violent and graphic - super uncomfortable in places! It was such a strange reading experience, I’d definitely check trigger / content warnings before reading this one! I didn’t do that and it was just almost the complete opposite of what the blurb seems to imply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Body shaming, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Blood, Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Vomit

evanescoamy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Self harm, Fatphobia, Drug use, Sexual violence, Death, Rape, Misogyny, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse

jeslis's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Notes:
- I actually really enjoyed the ambience and mood that this book created, it was great at being gritty, vulgar and dark.
- I wasn't blown away by the prose nor could i really find much substance in terms of implicit layers in the meanings/themes. This book did a great job at discussing gender, sexuality, drugs, mental instability, etc but it didn't really feel like it was trying to showcase these through ambiguous layers.
- Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it though! The topics and scenes were taboo/explicit and I think writing about them this way was appeal enough and very cleverly executed on its own. Achieved being a good book through the premise and straightforward execution which I think is also something that can be rewarding as a reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Adult/minor relationship

abhirupa's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

This book was INSANE. It had like almost every content warning under the sun, and was very difficult to read at times. At the same time, it was really engaging. It was like I kept waiting for something horrific to happen, and then it did, but not in the way I expected. The characterization of the main character was very solid and it developed quite organically throughout the book. I also liked how the main character is objectively the worst person you've ever met and I personally was never rooting for her, but that didn't make me want to stop reading altogether. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Body horror, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Blood, Sexual assault, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death and Pedophilia

anger566's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Vomit, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Pedophilia, and Suicidal thoughts

Main character (MC) mentions having 2 abortions. MC is a photographer who often assaults her subjects (sexually and physically) and takes photos/videos of them during/after. She also gaslights them and her friends when they express they were uncomfortable. MC mentions accidentally killing a subject, and the process of discarding the body. MC was in a sexual relationship with her teacher while in high school (pedophilia). MC mentions self-harm scars on her hips and how she got them. MC does drugs by herself and with friends throughout the novel, also drinks excessively, and talks about binging her food after eating carbs.

pascalpascalpascal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Blood, Rape, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail