Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Woom: An Extreme Psychological Horror Novel by Duncan Ralston

178 reviews

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

bunnicula_'s review against another edition

1.0

Torture porn for shock value. Waste of time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Excrement, Abortion, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

rii0tx3's review against another edition

dark

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gore, Rape, and Pregnancy

tina7283's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

kesher's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

jinnyshollow's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

Idk how to rate this.

As a licensed therapist and having worked with a lot of clients with heavy and complex trauma, I hear some fucked up shit. The stuff in this book barely phased me in all honesty. I know what people are capable of and then some.

The difficulty with rating it is: the writing itself was good. The trauma porn of POC is not and is honestly offensive.

When you look at it from a strict psychological perspective, this story really does show how easily the world and our experiences in it shifts and alters our thought processes. And in that way, this book was good. 

Outside of that? Yeah….. idk. 

And the content warnings are for real and should be listened to if you aren’t accustomed to this kind of content whether in reading/other media or by exposure because you help others with their traumas (such as being a therapist. Which means I should probably talk to MY therapist about why this book didn’t phase me….)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Abortion

Moderate: Rape and Medical trauma

alyx30's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

4.5

Is it wrong of me to like it? Maybe. But I did like it.
The book is basically just a trauma-porn about broken people but elevated to the extreme. I couldn't for the life of me look away from the pages, so captivating and horribly bizzare the content was.
I guessed the ending 50-60 pages in, but I've watched (and loved to bits) Gozu by Takashi Miike, so it was the least shocking thing to me in this whole book.
Read all the trigger warnings carefully. They are here and they are very real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Excrement, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Torture, Blood, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

plagueraven's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Abortion

spacemonkey25's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

veritythereader's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

This was a wild ride. Really gripping storytelling with some very interesting characters. 

Check trigger warnings before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship