Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Cows by Matthew Stokoe

9 reviews

michloue's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Animal death, Gore, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

hannahbananasue's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The most disgusting book I have ever read. I can’t say that I wasn’t entertained though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Vomit

atranscryptid's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

4.0

The Jungle by way of Rob Zombie. Hard read, not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Body horror, Violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Blood, Gore, Rape, Animal death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Pregnancy

seraphina2000's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Vomit, Gore, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Murder

rileye's review

challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

This book is really gross and awful and I'm not sure it's even good and it might be my favorite book I've read in the last few years. The definition of a guilty pleasure, I read cows in a single night after finding a pdf on some internet form site. It's basically a coming of age story on PCP with a healthy dose of animal cruelty and possible psychosis. Don't read this probably. Again, I'm not sure it's actually any good I'm just a sicko.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Self harm, Murder, Animal cruelty, and Sexual violence

Gross book, again not for someone put off by ridiculously graphic stuff. Also features one of those captive bolt cow stunnerr things, so that's always good.

cupcait's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

visceral reaction, decently written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, Bullying, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Rape, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pregnancy, and Racial slurs

eileenmccoy's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Medical content, Physical abuse, Death, Animal cruelty, and Violence

I get what the book was trying to say but like did we have to include extreme bestiality? Sickening. But the ending was decent and that’s about it.

yennifer's review

challenging dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Excrement, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Animal death, Gore, Sexual assault, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Violence

dromedaryreader's review

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

As disgusting as promised. Hated reading every minute but couldn't look away for a second. Disappointed that I might never find another book that does quite what this one does.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abortion, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Excrement, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Incest and Fatphobia