Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison

24 reviews

peachieko's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

1.0

This book was so full of itself 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Body shaming, Incest, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Cursing, Medical content, Rape, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Addiction, Death, Excrement, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death of parent

cabrera_bre's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Blood, Mental illness, Suicide, Pregnancy, Rape, Abortion, Sexual content, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, and Self harm

thee_neohasidist's review against another edition

dark funny sad tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

1.0

I’d heard a lot of great things about this book, so I ended up giving it a shot. Once you get past the edgelord bullshit, it reads like an ultraviolent satire on normalcy, addiction, and the futile desire to be “unique.” There’s only one particular section I… skipped… but I could feel it was probably coming and was on the lookout for it.  I only have a handful of “hard limits”, but this book managed to hit one or two of them. 

Overall, trying to be as objective as possible, I think it was mediocre, edging on bad. Could do without  the Try-Hard edginess, but I think there actually *was* a decent, intriguing love story hidden inside the shock value. I would not recommend this book to any other living soul. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Child death, Pregnancy, Rape, and Suicide

scaredy_toad's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense 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? Yes

3.5

Somehow I’m more upset by the MC’s “I’m not like other girls” vibe, throwing fits when called normal or told he still unfortunately is a part of society than by his nefarious deeds.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Body horror, Abortion, Murder, Miscarriage, Gore, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Medical content, Sexual content, Infidelity, Death, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Addiction

Moderate: Car accident, Infidelity, Death of parent, Cursing, and Fatphobia

cnashbrook's review against another edition

dark funny 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Gore, Violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide

mixty's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

4.0

The absolute grossest book I’ve ever read, but I couldn’t put it down. I don’t think I’ve ever had such a visceral reaction to reading anything…ever. I should really start reading about books before I read them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Suicide, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

tomiebear's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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? Yes

1.5

um yeah interesting! it was very obviously just what the author finds hot or whatever and it read like a goofy torture porn fanfic on wattpad. shock value for the sake of being shock value. i actually think i’ve read better written south park fanfiction!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, Child death, Sexism, Miscarriage, Rape, Blood, Sexual content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Vomit

kmstra02's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, and Toxic relationship

kklosowski09's review against another edition

dark fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Gore, and Suicide

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Incest

chookie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Abortion, Child abuse, Body horror, Cannibalism, Suicide, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Medical content, and Torture