Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Dead Inside by Chandler Morrison

34 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

saybrina's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Self harm, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Gore, Gun violence, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Miscarriage, and Mental illness

tasha20's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Rape

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

chramies's review against another edition

dark funny

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

3.5

 This is actually a very funny book, or at least I thought it was. Yes, it involves cannibalism and necrophilia (there isn't even a content-warning for necrophilia! Mods, we need one!) but it's also a tale of personal growth, stalking and brain-fucking . Having long attempted to become completely invisible and leave no mark whatsoever on the world, as well as execrating the conventional family which is nothing but a slow form of self-removal, I sympathise. 

It's also very referential in the modern style and I do wonder if it isn't an Alternate-Universe version of "American Psycho," as in, Bateman wouldn't have made it as a businessman, he's more likely to have become a morgue attendant. 

There's really nothing here we haven't seen in "Cows" or the works of Edward Lee (despite his avowed hatred of child abuse, dead baby abuse is not unknown in his works - and somehow Lee never gets called the 'dead baby guy,' the way Morrison does because of one character. In one novel). Well, ya know what they say. Disembowelment takes guts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Rape, and Suicide

necrophilia. Lots of it.

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

catsy2022's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical content, Gore, and Sexual content

Moderate: Fatphobia

Cannibalism and necrophilia

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