Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

192 reviews

swimfreak's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Gore, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Drug use

kelseyallen's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.5

extremely unsettling and uncomfortable to read, which is maybe why i liked it? reminded me of Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder but without any fantasy elements. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Body horror, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

sinisterbeard's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad 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

I love a good story about an arsehole, and this is a great story about an arsehole, but that's reductive, and it's also reductive to say it's the intersection of Fleabag and American Psycho, but Northern, but it also kind of is. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Animal death, Eating disorder, and Animal cruelty

ashlynregan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

If Patrick Bateman was a woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Drug abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

datawater's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Abandonment, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Mental illness, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Physical abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Vomit, Alcohol, Addiction, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

shancraic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

loved loved loved. i get that this is a Shocking Statement for the girlies who have no idea how to describe this beyond 'um... female american psycho?' but i loved the main character and identified with her in a lot of ways - we share a very similar background (live in the same place in the UK, even!) and it was almost like looking into a very fucked up alternate dimension in a way. i felt sorry for her and i wanted to succeed and i know that realistically, she can't, and she's doomed to be her mother and to get worse and to rot, but that urge to be SEEN and KNOWN spoke to me so distinctly there was no way i just couldn't love her even despite her terrible cruelty and the things she'd done. 

the book WAS wobbly at parts, will probably age poorly for things that are admittedly funny now but will be nigh incoherent to anyone reading this in 20 years time, and the ending is a bit of a dealbreaker for some (not me, and not after the disappointment of our wives under the sea - that WAS a stinker) but ultimately, it crafted a world that i could understand and relate to in so many ways. really special book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Violence, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Vomit, Alcoholism, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, and Pedophilia

migavoh's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Torture, Sexual violence, Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Body horror, Self harm, Blood, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Gore, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

noahee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Addiction

adawada's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Toxic friendship, Violence, Body horror, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Vomit, Drug use, Sexual content, Body shaming, Death, Murder, and Rape

illiteratewench's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Cursing, and Drug use

Moderate: Blood, Fatphobia, Murder, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment, Animal death, Pedophilia, Vomit, Eating disorder, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm