Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Transmuted by Eve Harms

9 reviews

mandi_lea's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

lovelydeadgirl's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Deadnaming, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Body horror, and Body shaming

Minor: Cancer

jeninthebooks08's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.0

What in the world did I just read? This felt like a fever dream, and not a good kind. The more I think about it, the more I hate it. I don't know how to rate it. It reads almost childlishly? Maybe it intended to not take itself seriously, but I didn't like it. It just became so ridiculous towards the end. Wildly bizarre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Gore, Body horror, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual content and Kidnapping

ripxw's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, Body horror, Violence, Medical content, and Torture

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Sexual content and Fatphobia

vigil's review

dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, Deadnaming, Gore, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Transphobia, Fatphobia, and Violence

sarah_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

If you're debating whether the content will trigger you or not, that's probably a sign you should give this one a miss. I can't explain why I loved it so much, but it probably had a lot to do with the shock factor! It's a horror romp, and it definitely gets off on turning your stomach - a lot of body horror and very specific details about non-consensual surgery and alterations, in a "freakshow" vein. I think in the end the author really makes a point about the messiness and trauma of the trans experience, and I love that the story doesn't shy away from the absolute worst case scenario that might go through someone's head before undergoing surgery. I will definitely be checking out the other novellas in this Rewind or Die series! And I'll keep an eye on Eve Harms: their writing style is so readable and real, and it really pulls you into the moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Torture, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Excrement and Alcohol

Minor: Deadnaming, Cancer, and Death of parent

sarah984's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

I had a lot of fun with this one. Buckets of body horror, a plucky protagonist you want to root for, and an absolutely bonkers final showdown. Books in this series are supposed to capture the feel of 80s horror movies and this author definitely understood the assignment.

There was a little bit of weird language use around mental health (I mostly noticed this because the main character calls out fatphobia in the text and then immediately calls another character psychotic) and I wasn't a huge fan of the ending (I get why it went down that way but I wish it had ended like maybe 3 paragraphs earlier) but overall if you like your horror gooey and bizarre, I would recommend this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Transphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism

henrygravesprince's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I took an unfortunate break from reading due to health reasons right at the end of this book, but when I was able to read again, it sucked me right back in. My only complaint would be about ebook formatting and some minor grammatical & spelling errors. Very much feels like an 80s horror movie gem of dysphoric body horror and trans political commentary put on page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Body shaming, Dysphoria, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Transphobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Fatphobia

ijustincross's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was a dark ride. 
Isa, a trans woman hoping to get facial feminization surgery, gives up her funds to pay for the surgery and find an alternative method to achieve what she wants. The results she gets are not…great. 
Some parts of this made me genuinely sick to my stomach. It was vile and disgusting. I couldn’t stop reading though. 

I loved the first 80%, probably. From there the story got a touch more fantastical than I anticipated or wanted. While it was an interesting route to go down, it definitely wasn’t for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Sexual content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Dysphoria

Minor: Transphobia and Deadnaming