Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Broken Dolls by Mique Watson

17 reviews

niknewx's review

challenging dark 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? No

1.0

I read a lot of extreme horror and splatterpunk so wasn’t really phased by the content of this book. I found it very obvious and boring and knew exactly how the story was going to end (and I was right). I originally thought the author was a woman and so got more and more confused with some of the things that happened in the plot (acting like menstrual blood is SO disgusting and a ridiculous amount of butt stuff), so it made A LOT of sense when I googled the author and saw they are in fact a gay man. I’m not a huge fan of extreme horror penned by men, especially when the content is essentially torture porn inflicted on women. This was a no from me. There are a few examples of this type of storyline that doesn’t scream ‘I’m a man that clearly doesn’t like women’ - one of which is No one rides for free by Judith Sonnet, I suggest reading that so that you can see the clear distinction between the writing style of men v women when it comes to this subject matter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Excrement, and Vomit

itsmeanad's review

dark medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

Lots of child abuse and forced sexual interactions. very grusesome and anger-inducing because the whole time you are just wanting the killer to get murdered but thats what makes a good splatterpunk. gets you feeling strong disgust and anger. reminded me of the splatterpunk book no one rides for free, the first one. I kind of didn't like the ending because

the killer doesn't get brutally killed. He ends up basically getting away with it and doing it again or at least it is implied that he does it again right after.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Vomit

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Incest

Minor: Religious bigotry

thirstyelowyn's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I wish i didnt have eyes after reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Murder

brutallybookish's review

challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

I read this book on Kindle Unlimited, and I originally DNF'd and returned it before deciding that I should power through it to see what the hype in the splatterpunk reading community was about. This was a really difficult read for me based solely on the continuous and horrendous violence against children, and much of it felt gratuitous instead of plot driven, but I understand that's the whole point of shock horror. There were a couple of parts throughout where I think some dialogue blended into the narration, and it was a little confusing, but definitely still readable. I did end up finishing it, and it earned an extra star for the ending, which was a great cliffhanger and opener for a whole new story. This is one of those books I would urge people to research thoroughly before reading because it truly is depraved beyond a measure I was ready for. That being said, I understand why so many people say it's a staple in shock horror reading, and at least I won't suffer the fear of missing out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence

rtrotzko's review

dark fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, and Murder

pointtorae's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

1.0

Gratuitous gore porn with mediocre writing. The dialogue was so awkward and yes, there were lots of unsettling thematic scenes, but to what end? We had no motive, and most of it was child SA. I basically DNF'd it, I skimmed the last quarter cause I couldn't handle Tully's dialogue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Blood

eviehunt's review

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

1.0

i’m literally traumatised 😭 i don’t know why i read this book, when i knew i wouldn’t like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

trigger warning for everything on planet earth on god

bookswithshayydeniece's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

depressingwiimusic's review

dark emotional sad tense

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

Wouldn’t recommend this to my worst enemy. Made me physically nauseated. I felt actually sick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

stmajo084's review

dark medium-paced

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

This book was gross.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic