Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

133 reviews

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

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

em815ily's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Cursing, Vomit, Addiction, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gore, Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, Body horror, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

dariarp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Body horror, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, and Blood

blooddrvnk's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Death

06_daisy's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

3.75

What did i just read!!! Irina is almost the definition of the unreliable narrator and she is so unlikeable! However, i couldn't stop reading!! It felt disgusting and uncomfortable to read and i feel like i need to have a shower after reading this, but i think the way Clark wrote it was perfect. Irina was so manipulative and self destructive but i couldnt help kind of feeling interested by her character! She’s definitely not someone id like to meet in real life though!! I really liked the focus on photography and the artistic careers shown and the struggles faced!! Overall i really dont know how i feel about the book because i hated irina so much but i enjoyed the book so much haha!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Drug use, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Rape

Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Body shaming, and Pedophilia

Minor: Toxic friendship and Violence

alpal_collective's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Blood, and Death

mangooo_spagetti's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Less of a femcel book, and more of a critique on femcel books. Kind of a female american psycho 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Death, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Vomit

ivirtue's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, Addiction, Torture, Sexual content, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Eating disorder

adayafterautumn's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Patrick Bateman if he was a Csm girlie. 5 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, and Body horror