Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

6 reviews

barelyalex's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-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

5.0

Beautiful and artfully horrific. A psychological horror with elements gore and dark humour. This book is drastically underrated on here, I think due to people having read this and being unsettled by it/not expecting the more grousome parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Pregnancy, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Self harm

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Infertility, Cannibalism, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Rape, and Vomit

sarahsbookshe1f's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

elliothanks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Gorgeously written book, all metaphors and deviations and descriptions fully immerse you in the story and feel necessary and atmosphere building. Nothing seems pointless. I love the tension built and the realism of the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Excrement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Self harm, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death, Gore, and Suicidal thoughts

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

UMMMMM THIS WAS.....SOMETHING!!!! Definitely not what I expected. The writing was stellar but also very harsh in a way that I appreciated, sometimes even funny. Like, VERY funny. I loved how unhinged these characters were. Our main character just descends into chaos after page one and every minute of it was pretty fascinating for me to read. However, I struggle to know where to put this book in my head because it WAS so deeply strange and not really what I thought it was going to be, so that is a bit of a let down. Still, I'm glad that I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Vomit, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Murder, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Blood, Infertility, Self harm, and Death of parent

atthediscotech's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-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

Definitely disturbing, but the voice and dark humor was incredible. Definitively worth a read if you don’t mind some gruesome content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Death, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Miscarriage, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

markedwithanm's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Self harm, Vomit, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Torture, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Suicide, Gore, Grief, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage