Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Intercepts by T.J. Payne

14 reviews

eklektikam's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Child death, Confinement, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Excrement, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Dementia

eye gore

retrogradebrain's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

It's like if the Russian Sleep Experiment was real and so, so much worse. From prolonged to epilogue, I was captivated by the inhumanity of the experimentation. And how that contrasted with the incredible humanity of Joe and Riley. The description of Riley's hallucinations are intense and horrifying. Thr grim reality they present for Joe, even more so. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

evschmadtke's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

jenlengland's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement

spiralinghallways's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage and Excrement

cartergladu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

narakuos's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

lightseeker's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

outsmartyourshelf's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

Joe is the manager at a clandestine facility which performs human experimentation. The test subjects are kept docile & in almost complete sensory deprivation until they are needed to track the whereabouts of someone the government is interested in. Called 'antennas' to dehumanise them to the people that work there, their ability was discovered accidentally but has been purposefully used since. 

When a cleaner is violently killed by one of the 'antennas' it is put down to a coincidence as they couldn't possibly have been aware of their actions. However, when Joe is notified that his ex-wife has committed suicide, & his daughter admits that she has started to see a strange woman who no-one can see & whose description fits one of those incarcerated in the facility, Joe realises he has to take drastic action to save his daughter.

This started off well, giving the reader a sense of unease about the facility & what goes on there, but the characters are really flat & it's difficult to become invested in what happens to them. The ending was good but expected really. I seem to be in the minority, but I didn't really enjoy reading it. I have, however, downloaded one of the author's other books which looks more my kind of thing so we'll see how that one goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Excrement

mich3ll31221's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Excrement