Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

397 reviews

randiymkje's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

Even if I felt uncomfortable reading some of this, it left me trying to grasp reality again and I don’t think I will ever forget it. A book that can properly disgust, anger and shock or invoke any other real feelings is deserving of my 5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

katierobertsonshaddix's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

sunfloweronmylap's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

kendallinthewild's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

1.5

The extremely violent female gaze is intriguing, the casualness to sexual assault is really honest, but the rest was just too gruesome for me to personally enjoy as I don’t look for that in literature, art, entertainment, etc. For me, there was not enough warning in general reviews that the content would be so unbelievably disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

malineu's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

may change the rating of this later as i’m not sure how i feel. read the ending in a very loud room so not sure i got the full effect. the mc is so insufferable that even when she is in trouble i was annoyed at her lol. i did however enjoy the different perspectives on art, voyeurism, obsession and desire. overall it just made me kinda sad lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

angelsegg's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Violence

imperials's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

ebee96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

It's honestly a little difficult to put in to words how I felt about this book... I was drawn in by the idea that it combined horror and art, but there is a quality about it that is just very different from most things I read. I think the best verbiage I can use, is to say that this book feels *grimy*...

I feel it compulsive, and was unable to put it down at points- while at the same time noting that it made me feel more uneasy than almost anything I have ever read before. It is profoundly disturbing. I have seen a few others describe it as a gender swapped American Psycho, and while yes, it sort of is- it feels like it goes further than that.

I found the way it explored women looking at men through the sort of objectifying and often violent lens, that we typically see men looking a women through fascinating- as much as it was terrifying. There is a point about 80% in, where everything just seems to happen at once and the insanity is turned up to 11. I can't exactly say I enjoyed it.. in all honesty I felt a little sick while reading it, but I understood what it was trying to say, and that I appreciated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

quirksandcontradictions's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer

komiification's review against another edition

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

5.0

This was genuinely so fucking wild. It's like a modern American Psycho set around the power imbalance women have. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Biphobia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, and Transphobia