Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

14 reviews

nialiversuch's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Classism, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer, Torture, and Terminal illness

savannahrb's review against another edition

dark reflective tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

iheartm4m's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Clark has written a dark and twisted character, one in which you get lost in her psyche. She lives in a rampant self destructive world and has never lived any differently. An unreliable narrator only told different through photographs, is the story shes telling us true?
An excellently written dark mystery, funny in places too. Will need to read again with a different perspective.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Sexual assault, Self harm, Gore, Eating disorder, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

alexandraemjly's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.0

A dark and gritty read which at parts is genuinely horrifying but is equally painfully honest and raw. This book tackles uncomfortable, disturbing, and explicit topics that aren't for everyone, and makes it something you can't read to enjoy. But just because it isn't a friendly book, doesn't mean it shouldn't be read. It makes you think, and makes you angry, and makes you more willing to criticise.

 

The protagonist, Irina, whose perspective narrates this story is deeply unlikeable and is not redeemable in any capacity. She is the epitome of a female manipulator, exploitative, narcissistic, violent, and completely incapable of feeling or exhibiting remorse for her actions. And yet the way in which her struggles and reactions engage with the issues of consent, gender norms, and traditional power imbalances mean that the dissection of the social discourse around such topics is that much more brutally tangible. The reader is uncomfortable throughout reading this but it is one of those books that proceeds to nag at you for ages after you finish it.

However, the ending was very frustrating. it feels like everything in the book sort of slots into place and you begin to, in a warped way, understand why Irina is the way she is. and you start to resonate with her pain more while being even more disgusted with her actions. and then it just...ends?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Blood, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking, Fatphobia, Grief, Sexual violence, Gore, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Cursing, Cancer, Car accident, and Classism