Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

26 reviews

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

It’s brief, there’s messiness between the characters, once it really gets going it’s swift and horrific.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

It’s a horror book with messy histories between its characters. They go and mess with stuff they probably shouldn’t have messed with because they love going to haunted or supposedly haunted places. There is gruesome material as it plays out.

mreadsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

sn8man's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Infidelity and Classism

Minor: Mental illness

necroplasm's review against another edition

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

2.0

maybe someday i'll find one of these short horror reads that i actually like! anyways i honestly nearly DNF'd this bc i found the characters and their dynamic to be incredibly obnoxious, but the book was so damn short i figured i'd just finish it anyways. for something that was touted in reviews as ~Sooooo Disturbing~ there were like 2 parts that even had the POTENTIAL to be scary and literally a single kill that was admittedly kinda fucked up but not really Extreme. if this book scared you i'm sorry to say you're a total lightweight 💔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

traa's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Biphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

pizzaisjesus98's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Fire/Fire injury

kurumipanda's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? Yes

2.0

Standard horror movie setup (5 twenty-somethings with interpersonal drama go to a haunted house), in a great atmospheric setting, with a focus on detailed imagery and character descriptions over action. Decent scene and character setup at the start, evocative imagery but far too much purple prose and arguing, a few excellent spooky moments, a fantastic genre savvy line, and action that stalled out as soon as it started. Audiobook has incorrect Japanese pronunciations, which may be mostly intentional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity

ilaxaria's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit

librarymouse'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This novella is beautifully written and disgusting. It seems I've developed a penchant for finding books that fit that description as of late. Cassandra Khaw's writing style is very immersive. That being said, the story feels like it finishes too quickly and I want to know more of the characters than what we're given. The initial pacing of the novella feels like an introduction to a far longer work, and we are thrown into the story without necessary context. It does well for setting an uncertain tone and pulling the reader's along with the characters in their interpersonal disputes, but the lack of resolution is unsatisfying.
To reiterate though, Cassandra Khaw's writing and the depth of her world building was enrapturing, and I would have happily read 500+ pages of this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury