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jojoreadsalot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Gore, Sexual violence, and Sexual content
jj_tj's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, and Torture
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, Infidelity, and Gun violence
Minor: Self harm, Bullying, and Drug use
sharron_joy_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The main character, Kim, is an all American honour roll cheerleader, admired, respected, envied. She decides the first person she’ll sleep with will be a man and not a boy and sets her sights on her teacher. Her plan works but now she’s pregnant and her baby need to be fed.
This starts as a controlled descent into sociopathy, Kim hates her boring life, her boring friends but finds excitement in destroying the lives of others whilst maintaining her golden reputation. As the thrill of this increases she spirals into extreme cruelty and full brutality.
This is extreme horror, it is gory, gruesome, explicit and not for the faint hearted. It is so appalling but it is a sickeningly great example of this genre, check the triggers, you have been warned!
Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Pregnancy, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, and Grief
This is extreme horror, check trigger warnings this is not for the faint heartednicolehm_'s review against another edition
- 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
4.0
I always find it hard to give a star rating for books of this nature due to the excessive gruesomeness, however, the main character’s manipulation techniques were a dark genius and the pace of the book was perfect to keep you wanting to know what would happen next.
Only downfall was that I felt there was no backstory to how the main character developed their ‘interests’. It was like she just woke up one day and became evil.
Graphic: Gaslighting, Rape, Murder, Torture, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Gore, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, and Emotional abuse
triple_m's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The characters were very textbook and cliche in ways where you just think no one acts like that. Kim was very much… written by a man. These aren’t necessary bad things just something to note.
Kim is fun and as a reader you get the most bang for your buck being in the POV of the antagonist. She’s a fucked up human being and reading about it is oh so interesting.
While a lot of gore happened, I found it a bit repetitive for the last chunk of the book up until the final showdown.
Overall, it was good but not great. I’d recommend if you like splatterpunk.
Graphic: Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, and Rape
theneverendingtbr's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I just can't enjoy reading about such depravity and how much you can destroy another person just for the hell of it.
The writer is very talented though, can't deny that and he does exactly what he intended to do; leaving the reader shocked.
Not for me but if you're into 'extreme' horror, you'll probably like this.
Now excuse me while I scrub myself with bleach and turn vegetarian.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence
Not for me. It's too evil.