caitatkinson_ 's review for:

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I’m genuinely not sure what to make of this book at all. I liked that it was from my hometown? I liked some of the social / political / class commentary throughout but it was really odd. Not at all what I was expecting, so much more violent and graphic - super uncomfortable in places! It was such a strange reading experience, I’d definitely check trigger / content warnings before reading this one! I didn’t do that and it was just almost the complete opposite of what the blurb seems to imply. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail