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novellearts's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book was pretty sick to read but I really enjoyed it. I devoured this book (pun intended). With how morally horrible the two main characters were, I was surprised to actually find myself loving them. The dark humor and conversation between the two had me chuckling. Some (most) lines and scenes throughout had me audibly saying "what the fuck?" I think part of the appeal of this book to me was how incredibly outlandish everything felt.
Also, a special shoutout to reading yet another book set in Ohio. I've decided that I need to start a tally of horror books that choose Ohio as their origin.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Incest and Infidelity
mangopassion555's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Blood, and Cannibalism
Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
queenbunnidala's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
kathleenabby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy
howlinglibraries's review against another edition
- 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
If only she were dead.
None of this would be an issue.
But she isn't.
She's alive.
And something has happened—is happening—and it terrifies me.
Let's go ahead and address the obvious: this book is hyped as an incredibly fucked up, extreme horror story, and it definitely fits the bill when it comes to depravity. The main character's necrophilia is on full display from the beginning, but we also delve into some scenes of cannibalism, pedophilia, and glorification of rape. Morrison doesn't hold back from the messy details in any way, so this isn't a book I'd recommend to anyone who isn't already accustomed to extreme horror.
All of that said, something about the detached and repetitive nature of the narrative voice made even the most disgusting and graphic scene in this book fall short of actually affecting me. I thought based on the hype that this would be the rare book that would be "too much", but honestly, I frequently found myself bored and wishing for the story to end.
I feel bad giving this such a harsh review, but I have to say my piece: the main character is so focused on being as much of an antisocial edgelord as he possibly can be, it overshadows the gruesomeness of the entire plot. I'm not saying I needed him to feel guilty or be less of a "monster", I just needed him to stop devoting his entire life to impressing 14-year-old white boys on reddit.
I see a lot of people saying Morrison's writing is brilliant and unique because all of this is intended as satire, and maybe that's true and I'm the one who's missing something here, but either way, Dead Inside didn't work for me, and not for the reasons I expected. I'm glad it's such a successful and harrowing novella for so many other people, but given that my issues with this story were so similar to my issues with the last Chandler Morrison novella I read, I'm thinking it's time to accept that his writing isn't for me.
Also, the character who talks about how much she loved being raped at 7 years old? That entire segment made my eyes nearly roll out of my skull.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Murder
ttvalle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion, and Suicide attempt
zeegy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
necrophilia and cannibalism specifically of babieserica_reads_things's review against another edition
Horrible book. Fucked up. Clearly written by a man, the personality of the main character is cringe and annoying.
I've been super into horror lately but this is just mindless fucked up. First DNF of my reading stint this year. No thank you.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent
james7634's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
A necropheliac falls in “love” with a cannibal and his life changes.
Disgusting, depraved, creatively bankrupt. The writing is good and that accounted for 2 of the 2.25 rating.
The content is disgusting without merit. To be devoured and tender is the flesh are both gross books but they are actual stories. This is pornographic shock and awe .
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
oliviamichelle_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Cannibalism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship