Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

62 reviews

shinsoukoku's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

its as advertised and touted online—a gory disturbing horror novel. readers of this particular genre of horror probably won't go wrong with choosing this book. 

but ill admit i, personally, wanted it to be more than what it was and expand on more on the social commentary because it's the moments where the characters are simply existing in a society that doesn't want them to that really unsettled me. it would've helped understanding the fetishistic descriptions of tran (which i think is probably on purpose) in the eyes of white men as something that actually serves a purpose. but it falls flat and it's interactions with it's setting and the intersecting identities within them is shallow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Racism, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Vomit

Minor: Slavery, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child death, Incest, and Infidelity

asian fetishization

queserasara's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Incest

sunitam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Cannibalism, Murder, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

anxiousbookclub's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Grief, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism

yellowdays99's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

nictariine's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Gore, Blood, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Rape, Sexual violence, Body horror, Torture, Cannibalism, Death, and Drug use

marywater's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

this book was somehow beautifully written despite its contents and even though it terrified and disgusted me i'm going to miss it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, and Vomit

babieghoul's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Body horror, Drug abuse, Medical content, Sexual violence, Torture, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Racism and Homophobia

gryflette's review against another edition

dark sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

butyougotmysoul's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This is my second time reading this book. My first time reading it was about 10 years ago so there was a LOT I’d forgotten.

So, this book is very difficult to read, but I enjoyed it anyway.  At first glance this novel is nothing but gore and sex and nothing else, but if you look closely to when it was written and the underlying subject matter it is actually quite intricate.  The book explores the grief, anger and horror of the AIDS epidemic, at the height of the AIDS epidemic. I feel that there are several ways to interpret the characters of this novel, and one way that I have chosen to do so is to interpret them as the stages of grief.  Lucas Ransom's character is especially interesting to me because he is the only character that I feel had a whole redemption arc.  Anyway, yeah.  How does one talk about this novel intelligently?  I'm having brain fog at the moment.  I may come back to edit this at some point, or I may not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Torture