Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Parfymen by Patrick Süskind

23 reviews

rain_blackbird's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Torture, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sarina_klinst's review against another edition

dark reflective tense 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

4.0

How can you come Up with a book Like that?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

miamoo1004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

I really enjoyed the book the ending had me shocked. I also enjoyed Grenouille’s character and how he was perceived and that we got to see his thoughts and dreams it added a lot more depth to his character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

bitchigo's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

linnea1801's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

1.5

If I didn’t have to read this for school I would have dropped it a few chapters in. The main character was so despicable that it hurt every time he got away with something.

It was also extremely infuriating that all the victims were CHILDREN and they were still very sexualised

However, the way that scent was described was very intriguing. In my opinion it was overdone in the middle section, but especially in the beginning it was interesting. All in all I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone but it definitely wasn’t the worst book I was forced to read for school.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Incest, Misogyny, and Racial slurs

anhedonia_n_anomie's review against another edition

It had a very interesting start, and is absolutely very well-written, but it just became an unpleasant read—for me—after a certain point.
The book is a slow-burner—so takes a while to get to the meat of the plot—and with the main character being this inhuman creature (so to speak) who doesn't engage with anyone else in the story, doesn't speak, doesn't have much of an inner life (outside of what his superpowered olfactory sense brings to him), and who is just constantly behaving incredibly revoltingly—I just couldn't stick it out until things started going somewhere.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rxselouis's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

pigro's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

poloniumblood's review against another edition

funny mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail