Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

98 reviews

shancraic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

loved loved loved. i get that this is a Shocking Statement for the girlies who have no idea how to describe this beyond 'um... female american psycho?' but i loved the main character and identified with her in a lot of ways - we share a very similar background (live in the same place in the UK, even!) and it was almost like looking into a very fucked up alternate dimension in a way. i felt sorry for her and i wanted to succeed and i know that realistically, she can't, and she's doomed to be her mother and to get worse and to rot, but that urge to be SEEN and KNOWN spoke to me so distinctly there was no way i just couldn't love her even despite her terrible cruelty and the things she'd done. 

the book WAS wobbly at parts, will probably age poorly for things that are admittedly funny now but will be nigh incoherent to anyone reading this in 20 years time, and the ending is a bit of a dealbreaker for some (not me, and not after the disappointment of our wives under the sea - that WAS a stinker) but ultimately, it crafted a world that i could understand and relate to in so many ways. really special book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Vomit, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, and Pedophilia

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Vomit, Alcohol, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexism, Drug abuse, Classism, Blood, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Abortion, Animal death, and Biphobia

illiteratewench's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Cursing, and Drug use

Moderate: Blood, Fatphobia, Murder, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment, Animal death, Pedophilia, Vomit, Eating disorder, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

himangi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Drug use, Ableism, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

dakotahreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Rape, Vomit, Drug use, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Pedophilia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body shaming, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

goatsrsexy's review against another edition

4.5

Wow this book took so many turns I wasn't expecting. It was super fucked up. Idk if this will make sense to anyone but me but Irina is like the kind of person I sometimes wish I could be? Like her life and her attitude is so screwed up but I can't help but admire how free she is. But then I'm also incredibly grateful to be absolutely nothing like her. I love an unlikeable female character and tbh I love all the violence towards men (only in fiction I promise). This was a very dark comedy and it has a lot of triggers and gore but it was so much fun. It also turned pretty surreal near the end which I loved. I wouldn't recommend this to the average person but if it sounds interesting to you you'll probably like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia

_quinnsreads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

I was on a reading slump and randomly I decided to get back into reading after a depressive state. And man, I gotta say this was such a bad pick. This book was horrible. There's no story, no engagement, no thrill and the characters were poorly written. Just the lead character who's mentally-ill reencountering her traumatizing  memories. 
wtf did I just read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Drug use, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Body horror, Pedophilia, and Vomit

floraaea3's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Body horror, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer

rionstorm's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense 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

4.25

This book both was and wasn't what I expected. Horrible book about horrible people that I enjoyed a lot. 

The book is more about dealing with the aftermath of abuse than with kink etc. Irina is an example of a character who has turned into an unkind, unpleasant person as a result of dealing with trauma; rather than becoming empathetic or a people pleaser. It was an interesting to follow the protagonist of the story and be uncomfortable almost all of the time with their actions, but also to almost get used to their bad behaviour through hearing their own constant "logical" excuses and justifications.

How Irina changes and unravels through the book is the most interesting part. At first, I thought the central question of the story was explore to what extent bad behaviour and unkind attitude can be explained/excused by being traumatised. As the book went on, it became clear that it was instead much more about

the increasingly desperate measures taken by someone who was abused to try and avoid being powerless or a victim again, and the ensuing dissociation and distress caused when she is not taken seriously as a threat, or even as someone with power in a situation, simply because she is a woman. Irina spends so much of the book obsessively controlling herself her situation, and the people around her, only to fall apart when she realises that she is never taken seriously or seen as being in control by the men who objectify and sexualise her, even when she is violent or sexually abusive. An interesting take on the cycle of abuse.

There were a few goofy parts - notably the part when Irina goes to the club and goes on a long tangent about how white everyone is, despite herself being white, and the name dropping of films like August Underground, but generally I liked how it was written. Also includes a lot of fun critique of the art world and art college. Feels like American Psycho for girls, so if that description appeals to you you'll like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Classism, Pedophilia, and Vomit

Minor: Animal death

sarahmorrison96's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Rape, Murder, Self harm, Vomit, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Pedophilia