Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

88 reviews

noelle1121005's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Rape, and Sexual content

dean_ax's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The first chapter was the most disturbing in my opinion because you can already tell what's going to happen...but during the few others before the ending you are weirdly put at ease. It's disgustingly disturbing and i would definitely recommend it to the people who appreciate the genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Blood, Abortion, Drug use, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual violence, and Body horror

amberlinanderson's review against another edition

dark medium-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

5 stars: Not because I thoroughly enjoyed it; quite the contrary. This book is sick. It’s awful. It’s gross. All that said, it had me hanging on the edge of my seat, because I HAD to know what happened next. I almost quit right at the end, but I couldn’t. 

ps the ending reminded me of the movie ‘Men’.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, and Vomit

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Disturbingly dark. Not at all what I expected — but heinous nonetheless. This nontraditional tale of horror will definitely fuck up your brain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Violence, Addiction, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Vomit

our_bookish_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was truly one demented, excessively gory and odious, yet unique book. I don't think I'll ever be able to read this book again. I really enjoyed it, i think. 😅 I like to think i have a pretty strong stomach. I've seen many a thing in my life, but NEVER before has a book made me so nauseated that I physically turned the book from my face and looked away from it to process and not vomit on my book and bed 🤢... but just like true horror, it drew me back in. 

This was a "read at your own pace" buddy read, with three IG friends. We shall see what they think as well!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Sexual assault, Abortion, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Grief, Torture, and Violence

lillystahl's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Abortion, Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Rape, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Excrement, Infertility, and Physical abuse

lilgrimmy's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.25

I don’t know what to say. There are no words. What the fuck...? I enjoyed this for what it was. I was definitely invested in this character’s stories and learning how they connect to him, even though I had a feeling early on that I understood. This is advertised as extreme horror, and I’d say it definitely delivered. This isn’t for someone who doesn’t like body horror nor is it for someone who has a weak stomach. Tread lightly, you may not understand what you’re getting yourself into. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Abortion, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Rape, Infertility, and Drug use

smc92's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Cursing, Drug abuse, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Violence, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

cakeboxing's review against another edition

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

0.5

I don't want to go into too much detail so that I can leave this a spoiler free review. 

Be sure to check trigger warnings if you read this book. 

I bought and read this book on kindle immediately after watching a tiktok saying it was the most disturbing thing they had every read. While I don't think it's deserving of that title (at least for me), I can definitely agree that it's not your typical horror novel. 

The writing style was decent, though the author felt the need to explain everything to the reader, at least eventually. Because of this, I saw the ending coming from a mile off. That was surprising to me, since a lot of people had said they'd never read something so horrible and that the ending had left them in shock. 

I haven't read very many horror stories, and I've never read any body horror so this was my first. I would not say that I am particularly accustomed to scenes like these, I don't go out of my way to read about or watch bloody depictions of various violations to the human body. Maybe I'm just a millennial existing in a dystopian society called the US of A, where I've become desensitized to gore in mainstream media, politics, and everyday life. 

All that said, this book did literally nothing to really freak me out. (I really don't want to know what that says about me as a person.) Sure, there were definitely scenes that were grotesque, where the descriptions made me a little sick. To me, the majority of the disturbing scenes are in the first half of the book. At around a quarter through, I started to feel uncomfortable in my own apartment even when not reading, and I became scared for one of the characters - everything a person wants in a horror book. But those feelings quickly faded as the pacing changed and the plot became obvious and predictable. Since I saw the end coming, it wasn't very satisfying or unsettling. Someone who doesn't see the end coming, however, would likely find it to be incredibly shocking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Gore, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

kiranx's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

would love to send some sympathy flowers to this author's therapist.
dear god.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Vomit, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, and Torture

not enough content warnings in the world for this book.