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dark
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Excrement, Vomit
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment
Minor: Homophobia, Cannibalism
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Sexual content, Lesbophobia
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Ohhh wow.
This is so totally my shit. Erotic, disturbing, front-loaded with a constant feeling of dread and finished withtop-tier body horror . Such a powerhouse of a little queer horror book. Basically everything I've been searching for. I just love how weird and nasty this is, while also having some of the most beautifully evocative prose I've read in a minute? Feels very nicely crafted while also refusing to pull it's punches. Made me think a lot of one of my favorite horror games/pieces "Discover my Body" by Yames .
This is so totally my shit. Erotic, disturbing, front-loaded with a constant feeling of dread and finished with
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement
Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Excrement
Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Minor: Homophobia, Lesbophobia
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A strange book, a young student moves in with another woman whilst studying biology at University & seems to loose her mind.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Alcohol
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A lovely, creepy little lesbian horror story in which the plot moves like it's drowning in a bowl of milk. The prose is very dreamlike and Kafkaesque, and in truth very little actually happens, but I was still invested and wanted to make it to the end. LOTS of rotting fruit and bodily functions (urine, menstruation, etc), so your mileage may vary if you find that sort of stuff gross or uncomfortable, but beyond that it wasn't too disturbing or frightening. Made for a great, quick Halloween read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content
Moderate: Lesbophobia
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Very lurid and visceral. The piss scenes are descriptive and gross, so if you're really not interested in that don't read, but it's not as bad as I was expecting based on other's responses. It was easy to be immersed in this weird fever dream, and I'm still not sure what was real and what wasn't. It's a great exploration of the gross physicality of desire and obsession, but I think the ending ended just a little too soon, which is what keeps me from giving it 5 stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Excrement
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
It’s hard to review this book because I don’t feel like I really understood it by the end. It has extremely beautiful, haunting imagery of a young woman coming into herself. I just feel like it gets so far from a normal narrative that I shouldn’t have been reading it on my breaks at work lol
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
There’s a fair amount of pee happening in this book just fyi
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don't have much to say. The book is very short and there is a theme of queer awakenin and the awakening of sexual desire in a young adult but it didn't resonate with me. The life cycle is of an apple is very prominent and a very big metaphor in the book which I did enjoy but I'm not personally a fan of books with a no b plot and Joe's interactions with her roommate are very much. The only things talked about even when it comes to side characters. It's not really about them or who they are. As people it doesn't explore much of the side characters. That was obviously an artistic choice just not the one that I favor.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual harassment
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Abandonment