Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

24 reviews

readingmushrooms's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Mental illness, Grief, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity

wrensreadingroom's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

the_books_music_life's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

0.75

The premise sounded so good, like a really scary Japanese horror story, but for me, it missed the mark entirely. This book is so short and they is a lot of background with the characters that is important to the story itself, but is glossed over due to how short the book is.

I was confused a lot of the time about many, many different things. I disliked every single character, none had any redeeming qualities.

The whole 'horror/ghost story' aspect of the book wasn't even the main focus. That's right, a horror book where the actual ghost story/horror wasn't the focus. It made no sense!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Gore, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Classism, Excrement, Death, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Grief and Suicidal thoughts

traa's review

dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Bullying, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Self harm, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

Minor: Biphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

aparker89's review

dark reflective tense fast-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

3.5

If you are looking for a quick, terrifying read- look no further. You can smell the rot of this haunted tale and the adventure you take, although predictable, is not a disappointment. You can't help but feast upon the evil, the ghosts and the terror. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Classism, Biphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Self harm, and Abandonment

livlamentloathe's review

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I tried to listen to the audiobook a year ago and it didn’t take, so I gave it a second attempt in hardcover, and I sure finished it.

I got 30+ pgs in and was so blank on the situation. it was so caked in metaphor that i struggled to follow conversations. very over-the-top. but then i got high and the metaphors blended together in a way that it worked. By the end I was like oh okay. fuck. wait! The characters were soaked in so much vitriol, I struggled to understand why they were even friends. And their connections were so weighted with unspoken meaning that I really couldn’t follow things. Hard to decipher under all the merit of words.

This wasn’t good per say… I don’t know that I’d recommend the book. But it sure was an immersive high. So the end really hit me hard.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Mental illness, Murder, and Death

Minor: Drug use and Excrement

goose's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Read in one sitting. Not for the faint of heart or stomach, this books is naaaasty. The prose was excellent, it has like a tangible ick or grit or something, I can't explain it. Story was ok, got a little tired of how often Phillip's looks were regaled all the time. Like, I know exactly how he looks but I have no idea what the main character looks like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Murder

Moderate: Excrement and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

peachani's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Self harm, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Abandonment, Classism, Alcohol, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

pizzaisjesus98's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Cursing, Gore, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Excrement, Vomit, Bullying, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Mental illness

serenityfound's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Jesus fucking Christ. I read a lot of horror and not even House of Leaves fucked me up, so believe me when I say this one is intense. Poetic and fascinating....and intense.

The audiobook is beautifully read. I would recommend either doing it in one go or only stopping at chapter breaks. There is almost a spoken word poetry quality to it that makes it tough to put down at random places & pick back up smoothly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death, and Excrement