Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Lost Souls by Poppy Brite

1 review

kalira's review against another edition

dark slow-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

1.75

This is very deeply grungy '90s horror, which despite the lavishly (lovingly, one might say) described . . . everything - horror, blood, injury, drugs (so, so many drugs), abuse, rape, nightmares, murder, and so on - within its pages . . . nothing of that feels terribly present. At least for me, most of it was at most disturbing of the cringe and blegh stripe if anything, not the kind of horror that makes an impression or lingers.

I've seen a number of people say they might have liked this book if they'd read it as a teenager, or similar; someone else commented that 30 is too old to start reading Poppy Brite. I'm in my 30s and I can fairly confidently say that I wouldn't have enjoyed this as a teenager either . . . and the heavy content might have been enough to screw with my head more than it did reading it now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Death, Self harm, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Rape, Violence, Alcohol, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Body horror, Ableism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Animal death, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide, Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, and Gun violence