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chronicreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abortion, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Blood, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Alcohol, Body horror, Murder, Self harm, and Physical abuse
fran_njoroge's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Excrement, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Gore, Grief, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Self harm, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Mental illness
loysydneyweissman's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Rape, and Torture
dhernandez's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
romehsaur's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Now that I have read it, I agree. What makes this work a great piece of literature is not the degeneracy and the desire of destruction of the characters. But the fact that it plays with its own framing in a masterful way, squeezing every single drop out of the fact that this is supposed to be a online review forum in which people will go for drama, scam and sockpuppet. Even the fact that the site admin keeps reminding people that they will lock the thread if this keeps derailing is a good touch that adds so much.
But yeah, this book gets fucking dark and fucked up, but in a sense in which it works when you think that this is internet bs in a sex worker forum in the early 2000's
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Violence, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Murder, Medical content, Gun violence, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death, Confinement, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Cancer, and Body horror
Moderate: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Ableism
Minor: Abortion
sunnybopeep's review against another edition
4.5
Whew. Holy smokes, that was… intense. There isn’t really any other way to describe this book. The entirety of its contents is intense.
Notably, The Sluts tackles the age old question of “Why would someone just come on the internet and lie?”
This might have been the most gripping, riveting mystery I’ve ever read. I mean, it’s not a mystery novel, but the plot revolves around the mysterious identity of a titular character who is larger-than-life in the minds of the people who frequent a particular website. He essentially becomes worshipped as an ideal, even as everyone forms their own twisted and perverted fantasies about him.
Stylistically, the story is told in the form of online reviews, fax correspondences, and forum posts. I thought that was interesting and unique. It also helped to “set the scene.” Some people complain about the ending, but fuck those people. I was happy with the resolution, and it made sense thematically (the point of the book is to draw awareness to how creepy the internet is).
Wow, it was honestly so good.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Stalking, Terminal illness, Trafficking, and Vomit
Minor: Kidnapping and Abortion
Geez, these content warnings are a doozy.evanboulton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Murder, Kidnapping, Trafficking, and Child death