Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

5 reviews

cady_sass's review

challenging dark tense slow-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

3.0

YIKES okay extreme horror might not be for me… this is widely understood to be one of the most disturbing books ever written and I can absolutely vouch. I am disgusted. Revolted. Horrified. Sickened. Every other synonymous descriptive word you can think of, I feel it. I hate this, and I hate that I know it will fester in my brain for a long, long time. The body horror is so gruesomely well depicted it may make you sick if you have a weak stomach, let alone some of the other content. This ain’t for me, but if you’re into deranged and depraved horror this is likely a 5 star book. It definitely accomplished what it set out to do, so… points for that. The writing is pretty spectacular when you take a moment to separate that from the actual content, if not a little overly verbose in more than a few parts. 

I’m going to stress again that I recommend this book to absolutely no one - look up the content warnings and read responsibly 🤢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Incest, Addiction, Confinement, Gore, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Necrophilia

priceliketag's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Confinement, Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Torture, Blood, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Incest, and Animal death

waverlyloyd's review

dark medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Incest, Addiction, Excrement, Physical abuse, Self harm, Kidnapping, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Body horror, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual harassment, Murder, Pedophilia, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Violence

sammysamsam's review

dark tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Stalking, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Torture, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Rape, Sexual content, Gore, Incest, Outing, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent, Excrement, Misogyny, Colonisation, and Slavery

babieghoul's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Body horror, Drug abuse, Medical content, Sexual violence, Torture, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Racism and Homophobia