A review by motor
Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

dark emotional sad tense 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

2.0

The premise is an interesting take on true crime and it’s written really well, but the content is awful. Many people would be deeply disturbed by this, I could push through as I wanted to know what happened next but there’s a lot of unnecessary themes added. Necrophilia, a lot of it, which I guess makes sense for serial killers but also, an Asian fetish.  Very clearly the authors fetish as the way Tran is described is disgusting and the words used to describe him are dehumanizing, Luke’s personality revolves around his Asian fetish. Lots of slurs that I’m almost 100% sure the author cannot use in real life, all of it unnecessary. Genuinely who thinks of stuff like this, 2 stars because it’s unfortunately written well. 
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