Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

361 reviews

joannacharlotte's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Horrifyingly brilliant; themes of power, sexuality and class; mind the trigger warnings as definitely not for everyone 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Vomit, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual harassment, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

janabananaaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

incredibly addicting and graphic writing that pulls you in and makes you sick; the worst parts of being a woman today shown through a self-destructive main character who is both deeply relatable and unlikeable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Rape, Eating disorder, Murder, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

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

angela_iseli's review against another edition

dark tense 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Drug use, Dysphoria, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Vomit, Eating disorder, Murder, and Sexual assault

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

wesleyreads's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.25

Impossible to put down, a gripping description of an unlikeable main character spiralling into self destruction. The thing is, despite her doing despicable things, as the book goes on and you learn more about her upbringing and situation, her escalating behaviour starts to be explained - to a degree. It poses questions around gender and sexuality (and sexual violence), class, and the relationship and interplay between those. The writing style gets increasingly detached, perhaps reflecting the character's mental state.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape 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

lauramur's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Drug use, Sexual assault, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Blood, Eating disorder, and Adult/minor relationship

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