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Woom: An Extreme Psychological Horror Novel by Duncan Ralston

11 reviews

booksofautumn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Infertility, Murder, Rape, Addiction, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Violence, Death of parent, Trafficking, Abandonment, Sexual content, Blood, and Domestic abuse

picking_back_up's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Sexual content, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Pregnancy, Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs, Bullying, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Infertility

night_shift's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

3.25

Bizarre! I wouldn't say this was extreme horror unless you find sexual stuff and body fluids horrifying (though I'll give that the bathtub scene and the prom night scene would probably fall into the horror side of things). Angel was a strangely sympathetic character even though his final act was completely vile and if I was Shyla I 100% would've left at that point. A strange sort of character study into a broken psyche, I guess. Deff check out the CW if you're concerned because there's a lot of things in here that won't set right with a lot of people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Racial slurs, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Bullying, Vomit, Blood, Excrement, and Death of parent

ericgarika's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

3.25

It’s really hard to review this book because I feel as thought the storylines are largely based on female experiences (which are written by a cis white man). I will say the book does a good job of creating plot twists and tying the stories together. I would not recommend this book to those that do not read about the trigger warning or to those unprepared for a story of extreme horror and pain.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Ableism, Abortion, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Please take this as a warning that all of the warning listed are most definitely taken to the extreme.

annihilatrix's review against another edition

dark funny 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

2.5

The writing is too good for the content to be so stupid! Potentially I don’t understand extreme horror, it’s so predictable if you’re capable of imagining the next disgusting thing that could happen.

Spoiler

Cramps after putting heroin in your gf’s vagina? Overdose miscarriage!
Anal sex? Messy prolapse!
Into masturbating with a mannequin? Make a dude into a mannequin by sanding his dick off! 
Having a sex worker dilate her vagina when you have mom issues? Stick your head up there for rebirthing!

These are all predictions I made while reading the opening premise of chapters that came true by their end. I might try another book by this author just to see if they have ever tried more compelling subject matter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racism, and Vomit

e_gracereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

2.0

This was just… gross? And not in a particularly creepy way, honestly. I just didn’t enjoy this book as much as I’ve enjoyed other extreme horror, I guess? It’s well-written, and I’m sure it’s for somebody, but it’s just not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, Abandonment, Blood, Fatphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Gore, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, and Vomit

voidcrawler's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Gore, Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Death, Death of parent, Rape, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Drug use

booksandgore's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Bullying, Gore, Rape, Body horror, and Blood

alisacress's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

What the f did I just read.. it was interesting though but the ending wasn’t a good idea to read right before bed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Body horror, Bullying, and Death

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Body shaming, and Death of parent

reading_binosaur's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I literally cannot give it any more stars. I didn't hate it, but definitely didn't love it. Really fucky

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Abortion, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Grief, Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Suicide, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Body shaming, and Bullying