Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

534 reviews

mcgm12345's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

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

blankie's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely devoured this book. 

Compulsively readable, surprisingly funny, painfully relatable, and incredibly uncomfortable. I can’t wait to read more from this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

lostinpaperpages's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, 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

bumblebuss'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

5.0

this book was absolutely crazy. i did not realize what i signed up for when i started it and HOLY COW. the plot twist about halfway through had me legitimately screaming "WHAT THE FUCK"  at my kindle for several minutes. loved the tension, intensity, and pacing. i felt like the characterizations and use of an unreliable narrator were done in a way that really elevated the experience of reading, i was completely captivated.  absolutely phenomenal debut novel, a new top recommendation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

kayleani's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

0.5

What the actual fuck did i just read? What was the plot of the book here? What are we talking about here? Why is it written so poorly? I cant get over "as the kids say, woke". I feel like you're going to be a best selling author, at least use proper grammar or have at least a plot? Worst book I have read so far. It's also tetering on the edge of racist and has waaayyy too much sexual assault in it. I did not like reading from the point of view of someone who was basically a r*pist. It felt like the loophole to not break that line for the author was to add "and then i asked if he was ok". So uncomfy and so confusing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Sexual harassment

haleybooks0318's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

allycereadsbooks's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

 Was not expecting to but really loved this. Messed up but in a way that escalated throughout the story so that it had a good pace and was addictive. Also feels a bit hallucinogenic in that you finish it not really sure whether certain things happened and on an open-ended note. Was nervous about this one as I didn't get on with Bunny at all which seems to be a similar recommendation to this, but the writing in Boy Parts is much more conversational with a bit of humour in there too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship