Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Woom by Duncan Ralston

81 reviews

bookishbatz's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Abortion, Addiction, Death, Excrement, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Infertility, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Vomit

starkelsee's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Violence

alomie's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

I don't think I can adequately describe how gross this book was, it's most definitely not safe for human consumption.

No amount of brain bleach will remove the horrors of this book from my mind, truly disgusting and I honestly have no idea what is wrong with Mr Ralston. 

A play on room/womb womb is a single room horror story, a man brings a overweight sex worker to a pay by the hour motel room and he starts telling her more and more depraved and disgusting stories, she in turn tells him some horrible stories of her life and clients, culminating in one of the weirdest endings I have ever read. 

This book made me question what the heck I just read.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gore, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pregnancy

dannybrown59's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

2.75

I honestly don't even know what to say about this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Excrement, Gore, Abortion, Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Rape

uchihas's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

1.5

it reminded me of a story a high school boy would write to try and get a reaction out of his teacher. predictable and gross just for shock factor. my only positive comment is that there was no animal abuse. PLEASE please check trigger warnings before you read this though!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Abortion, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Gore, Homophobia, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

sopranoreader's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Vomit, Violence, Body horror, Pregnancy, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Excrement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

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

3.25

it's like
fine
I like how everything connected but there's more to 'extreme horror' than just poo and vaginas

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Excrement, Death of parent, and Confinement

cherithburger's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

ashdenfield's review against another edition

dark funny fast-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: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness

lpniskanen's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

5 stars because it fucked with my mind for a week straight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Addiction, Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Murder, and Physical abuse