Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

90 reviews

l_prelas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Vomit, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Sexual assault, Body horror, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Gore, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, and Rape

Moderate: Racial slurs and Homophobia

ladynocturnal's review against another edition

dark sad 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

A tale of two detestable murderers and their violent escapades. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Cannibalism

hfrancesh'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Torture, Medical content, Death, Confinement, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Blood

Moderate: Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Addiction, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer

tmolitor24's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

YIKES okay extreme horror might not be for me… this is widely understood to be one of the most disturbing books ever written and I can absolutely vouch. I am disgusted. Revolted. Horrified. Sickened. Every other synonymous descriptive word you can think of, I feel it. I hate this, and I hate that I know it will fester in my brain for a long, long time. The body horror is so gruesomely well depicted it may make you sick if you have a weak stomach, let alone some of the other content. This ain’t for me, but if you’re into deranged and depraved horror this is likely a 5 star book. It definitely accomplished what it set out to do, so… points for that. The writing is pretty spectacular when you take a moment to separate that from the actual content, if not a little overly verbose in more than a few parts. 

I’m going to stress again that I recommend this book to absolutely no one - look up the content warnings and read responsibly 🤢

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Incest, Addiction, Confinement, Gore, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Necrophilia

ryankaybee'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: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Gore, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Excrement, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

blooddrvnk's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Homophobia, Blood, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gore, and Murder

cammaleahh's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Torture, Murder, Gore, Rape, Drug use, Death, Cannibalism, Blood, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Racism, and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicide

bookish_vicky's review against another edition

dark

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Racial slurs, Murder, Blood, Torture, Physical abuse, Gore, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Vomit and Drug use

columns_of_books's review against another edition

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? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, and Torture