Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

78 reviews

moosereads1's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

I genuinely don’t know what to say about this book. It was certainly disturbing, and it helped me realize that I can deal with blood and gore but draw the line at… other bodily fluids. I do have to say though, going into this I certainly wasn’t expecting the story to twist the way it did. I had an idea of what might be involved by the title, but the rest of the story was just a mindfuck. I also wasn’t expecting moments of emotion and sadness, so that was interesting. So, just like this book and the review I’m leaving it, my emotions are all over the place.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Addiction, Rape, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Vomit

abbz_o_lutely'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I'm going with 3.5 stars. The writing is impeccable and very much so has you invested and turning pages. This left me constantly on the line to DNF or to push through to the end to know the full story. I went into this book super blind and I came out of it wishing I could pretend I never opened the first page. This book is very.... Icky.
It needs about 3-4 pages of content warnings as this book can be very triggering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infertility, Kidnapping, Suicide, Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, Blood, Fatphobia, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

There is no going back to your normal self after this book. I wish I could erase this from my brain.

mmtrue's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Torture

billie_churchill's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Abortion, Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Pregnancy, Suicide, Excrement, Racial slurs, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Infertility, Murder, Torture, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

2busyreading's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Abortion, Blood, Drug use, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit and Death of parent

jkbjem's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The writing itself was decent, the build-up was good, I just found it to be gross and didn't enjoy it as much as other books I've read. Great for shock value. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Infertility, Abortion, Addiction, Drug use, Rape, and Vomit

abzoor's review against another edition

dark fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape

tinkithesquirelll's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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? It's complicated

2.0

This was a very disappointing read for me this book waited till the last pages to finally get gory and entertaining.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Abortion, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual content, Rape, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

meg_k_white's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

The execution of this was everything. 

Was it disgusting and disturbing? Yes. Did I cringe at certain parts near the end? Yes. Was there gore and trauma on every page? Yes. 

But there was also heartbreak and hardship and raw human emotion. Fantastic read that I highly recommend. 

Check those trigger warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Vomit, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Abortion, Infertility, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Well that was disgusting. 

I’d seen this book being spoke about a lot on tiktok, but i didn’t actually know what the plot was, so i was rather curious to see what the hype was about and yeah, yikes. This was so disturbing in the best way. I physically recoiled whilst reading certain lines, and i’m gonna have some images burned into my brain for far too long. This definitely earns its title of extreme horror. 

I highly recommend checking trigger warnings and make sure you have a strong stomach before reading this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Infertility, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Drug use, Excrement, Abortion, and Addiction