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Woom: An Extreme Psychological Horror Novel by Duncan Ralston

106 reviews

lilgrimmy's review against another edition

challenging dark 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 don’t know what to say. There are no words. What the fuck...? I enjoyed this for what it was. I was definitely invested in this character’s stories and learning how they connect to him, even though I had a feeling early on that I understood. This is advertised as extreme horror, and I’d say it definitely delivered. This isn’t for someone who doesn’t like body horror nor is it for someone who has a weak stomach. Tread lightly, you may not understand what you’re getting yourself into. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Abortion, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Rape, Infertility, and Drug use

alisacress's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What the f did I just read.. it was interesting though but the ending wasn’t a good idea to read right before bed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Body horror, Blood, Abortion, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Body horror, Death, and Bullying

Minor: Death of parent, Cursing, Body shaming, and Bullying

emilunax's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Body horror, Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Drug use, Excrement, and Gore

effys's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

3.0

This is a hard book to rate or review because I can’t say I enjoyed this book by any means but it’s not the sort of book you’re meant to enjoy (if someone told me they enjoyed this book I think I’d back away slowly and then run as far away as I could) it’s definitely a gruesome book that’s not for the feint of heart and I would not take trigger warnings lightly for this book it’s brutal honestly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Sexual assault, Excrement, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Abortion

juliebean666's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

0.25

Just don’t read this. It’s pure garbage. It’s an insult to the genre to call this horror. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Excrement, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Abortion, Torture, Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gore, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

smc92's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Cursing, Drug abuse, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Violence, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

cakeboxing's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

0.5

I don't want to go into too much detail so that I can leave this a spoiler free review. 

Be sure to check trigger warnings if you read this book. 

I bought and read this book on kindle immediately after watching a tiktok saying it was the most disturbing thing they had every read. While I don't think it's deserving of that title (at least for me), I can definitely agree that it's not your typical horror novel. 

The writing style was decent, though the author felt the need to explain everything to the reader, at least eventually. Because of this, I saw the ending coming from a mile off. That was surprising to me, since a lot of people had said they'd never read something so horrible and that the ending had left them in shock. 

I haven't read very many horror stories, and I've never read any body horror so this was my first. I would not say that I am particularly accustomed to scenes like these, I don't go out of my way to read about or watch bloody depictions of various violations to the human body. Maybe I'm just a millennial existing in a dystopian society called the US of A, where I've become desensitized to gore in mainstream media, politics, and everyday life. 

All that said, this book did literally nothing to really freak me out. (I really don't want to know what that says about me as a person.) Sure, there were definitely scenes that were grotesque, where the descriptions made me a little sick. To me, the majority of the disturbing scenes are in the first half of the book. At around a quarter through, I started to feel uncomfortable in my own apartment even when not reading, and I became scared for one of the characters - everything a person wants in a horror book. But those feelings quickly faded as the pacing changed and the plot became obvious and predictable. Since I saw the end coming, it wasn't very satisfying or unsettling. Someone who doesn't see the end coming, however, would likely find it to be incredibly shocking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Gore, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

beckygray98's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Abortion, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Gore, Infertility, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

courtvsbooks's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

I don’t even know what to say about this book. Someone recommended it as a super disturbing book and I thought why not. Was it disturbing? Yes. Did it make me not want to read it? No. Honestly I’ve read worse, but I really enjoyed how the parallels came into fruition. Major trigger warnings though for anyone reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

verafa1ry's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Drug use, Gore, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Body horror, Death, and Violence