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Chaperos by Dennis Cooper

53 reviews

chronicreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Haha what the fuck. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Blood, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Alcohol, Body horror, Murder, Self harm, and Physical abuse

fran_njoroge's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Excrement, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Self harm, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Mental illness

gerzonvillegas's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Rape, Physical abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Excrement, Drug use, Child abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion

kokeb's review against another edition

dark tense

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Body horror, Excrement, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Torture

loysydneyweissman's review against another edition

3.0

i couldn’t put it down…but it’s also the most disgusting and disturbing book i have ever, EVER read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Rape, and Torture

gibigabi's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Chronic illness and Pedophilia

dhernandez's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

romehsaur's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Let me preface this review by telling how I found this book. I recently read "Things have gotten worse since we last spoke" by Eric Larocca and I saw a review of another user reccomending this one book because according to them Eric's novella was trying to be "The Sluts" without getting what made it great.

Now that I have read it, I agree. What makes this work a great piece of literature is not the degeneracy and the desire of destruction of the characters. But the fact that it plays with its own framing in a masterful way, squeezing every single drop out of the fact that this is supposed to be a online review forum in which people will go for drama, scam and sockpuppet. Even the fact that the site admin keeps reminding people that they will lock the thread if this keeps derailing is a good touch that adds so much. 

But yeah, this book gets fucking dark and fucked up, but in a sense in which it works when you think that this is internet bs in a sex worker forum in the early 2000's

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Murder, Medical content, Gun violence, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Cancer, and Body horror

Moderate: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Ableism

Minor: Abortion

ragingmotions's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Drug use

shubh_reads_constantly's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Degrading, disturbing and utterly FUCKED up. Reading Dennis Cooper's "The Sluts" is an experience all by itself. It mentions few of the most triggering and taboo sexual fantasies which leave the reader with unsettling thoughts so profound that words are not enough to describe them. At last the unique format in which this novel is written will make you continue reading until you find all the answers you were looking for. 4 body fluid lathered stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟

PS :- 👨‍⚕️ 🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮
 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Excrement, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Suicide, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide attempt