Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

14 reviews

bookishgoob's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Death of parent

abyssgazesalso's review

dark 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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Drug use, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Gore, Cursing, Biphobia, Rape, Death, Racial slurs, Body horror, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

kelldel's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Docking a point because Grady Hendrix is a coward for

not letting them kiss

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cursing, Bullying, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Self harm, and Vomit

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Car accident, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Torture, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Cultural appropriation, and Homophobia

ellenigrace's review

2.5

Parts of it I really liked and the setting is well realised, but my overall feeling is that there was too much vile and nauseating body horror, violence against teenage girls, and unnecessary slurs/racism/homophobia for this to be a fun horror read for me. Back to exclusively reading horror not written by men, I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit