Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Playground by Aron Beauregard

15 reviews

nerdysread's review

dark medium-paced

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

This is so fucking sick and twisted. Like please someone check this man’s computer. So, like a lot of people I was like « hold my fucking beer » when I saw that a lot said they couldn’t get pas page 40. Well I am a fucking dumb ass and I need to do more research before jumping on a book like this. But it’s not just page 40. It’s two whole chapter. 

So, in two chapter in a row we have: Rape, pedophilia, SA, Incest, someone masturbating with her mother’s shit, and the author (a man) describing a woman’s genitalia (and cum like he says) with all the words possible (even the worst ones). 
I saw some people say «but it helps to understand the characters». Spoiler: not it does not. It’s just for shock purposes. 
So yes, this is really bad. And there’s no warning for it. It just happens. 

There are some good things in this book, but they can’t make it up for all those things. Especially that the pedophilia part comes back later in the book. 

Also one of the character is an ex nazi, he’s one of the bad guy, but it looks like he was given forgiveness for his war crimes (okay I have to admit I kind of stopped reading the book with attention at this point). 

So yeah, an horrible book and plus it’s not well written. 

TW: Rape, Pedophilia, SA, Incest, Child abuse, Misogyny, Child death, Parent death, Gore, Murder, R-slur, Homophobia, Emotional and Physical abuse, Torture

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty

alexdunkie's review against another edition

dark 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

1.75

The idea is good enough, but the writing is juvenile. It felt like 300 pages of a high schoolers writing. The only thing that kept me reading was waiting to see

Greg die

. The wording and phrases weren't confusing; they just didn't make sense in an "I don't think that means what you think it means" way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Ableism

shamwow2000's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It’s a must-read for extreme horror/splatterpunk fans. It’s gross, gory, and tense throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Trafficking

franzys_whip's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.75

The book is hard to read obviously. Had to say that first. 

Besides the gore and abuse and stuff, the descriptions are also bad in the quality kind of way. Think wattpad descriptions of orbs and meat curtains but also probably gory and gross, which definitely knocks the book down to the current rating I put.

Some notable lines that are examples include, but are not limited to:
"like a porn star positioning for the money shot"
"He'd become the embodiment of his favorite fruit snack, Gushers."
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rosy micro-penis (in reference to a clitoris)

and etcetera.

Good book, but definitely not for the faint of heart (or weak of stomach)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, and Homophobia

Minor: Infertility, Alcohol, and Classism

juliaaa02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail