Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

264 reviews

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This was yet another recommendation off of TikTok and oh my GOODNESS, this is hardcore 😂

I wasn’t expecting all of this darkness and unlikeability! The main character needed therapy more than anything in life, but I found it so fascinating how easily manipulated everyone else was around her too 😳

We all knew it was coming I suppose, but I still couldn’t help feel very upset by her killing the boy!

I’d say at some parts, I couldn’t stop, and at some parts I put the book down and felt a bit meh 🤷🏻‍♀️ The ways of an untrustworthy narrator I suppose.

This one gets 3.5 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Death, Blood, Gaslighting, Self harm, Drug abuse, Gore, Animal death, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Grief

amy_park's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely loved it! This book got me gripped from the start, the writing was really engaging and so easy to read. I liked the exploration of the topics covered, it's an in depth exploration on femininity and sexuality, and the roles reversed around male gaze and misogyny *chefs kiss*. I loved how obsession and power is explored, this book has so much depth, with every read I think you would get more from this book.
Typically books focusing on art are not my thing, as I find it hard to picture art 😉 and I don't tend to know the references, but I felt this book was accessible, if you don't know the photography/art "scene". The artists mentioned felt fictional even if they were not and the art narrative really facilitated the plot.
Although this book covers alot of dark topics. As the plot continued it got even more grotesque and horrific. It was very funny in parts with a few laugh out loud moments dotted throughout.
I loved this book! The protagonist is flawed, relatable, awful, unreliable  and horrific, I felt many emotions towards he, and I liked how you second guessed if her narrative was real or not, becoming more delusionsl as the book progressed. I would re-read in a heartbeat and highly recommend.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Rape

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual violence, and Violence

deanchaudhri's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny slow-paced

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

3.25

fav quote: “she liked Harry Styles a few years ago, and now she likes that white-bread, absolutely fucking baguette of a lad from Call Me by Your Name”. This book is p much just unhinged feral woman does unhinged feral things to men that get progessively more unhinged and feral. not sure i got the deeper commentary of it all but it was *interesting* to read ! the tw list gives an indication of the unhingedness at play lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Gore, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Violence, Body horror, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Excrement, Suicide attempt, Classism, and Fatphobia

backyardroses's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Sexual content

liv_txt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Mental illness, Murder, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Sexual violence

illtakethenightshiftx's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.25

Where to begin?! Boy Parts isn’t a ‘typical’ read for me and felt like a whole lot of “minimal plot, all vibes” kind of book and I wasn’t totally mad at it. 

The characters? Awful (for the most part)

Irina? Unreliable, spiraling, and the funniest (but dark) narrator I’ve met in a long time. It’s gross, unrelenting, and (honestly) kind of sad in many ways.

I don’t know if I actually liked this book, but it was a really…fun? interesting? different?…read for me. 

Also, Eddie from Tesco deserved better

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Eating disorder, Body horror, and Vomit

Minor: Self harm

nicoleme1212'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Blood, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cursing, Murder, and Rape

averagereadin's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I am genuinely disturbed and at the same time I kinda loved it???

Am I just another Eddie?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Death, Self harm, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Violence, and Vomit

applesodaperson's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Dang yeah this is a tik tok book that lived up to the hype. This book is also a prime example of how to write and deeply flawed and pretty unlikeable main character, but still make them somehow lovable and fun to read about. It actually reminded me a lot of American Psycho, because they both have very unreliable narrators, and it’s kind of ambiguous whether they did certain things.

Like its kind of ambiguous whether they actually killed anyone. And also they both try to tell people about their crimes and no one takes them seriously.

Fr though this story was so interesting, and was kind of like watching a train wreck happen and you can’t look away. Also, flo was actually my favorite character. 
Read from the Provo library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Fatphobia

01_in_emilyon's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Blood, Murder, Addiction, Body shaming, and Drug use