Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite

36 reviews

shirumoon's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I did NOT read this back in the day as a teenager, in fact I just read Lost Souls as a 27 y.o. Since many of the really positive reviews acknowledge at least some nostalgia playing a role in that, I felt the need to point this out.

Anyways, this is one of the first horror novels I read as an adult und the very first of this author. Everyone online seemed to be hyping this book up for its poetic prose and yup, it was well written. Deranged smut lovers will also get their fix here even though those scenes are kept rather short. Other than that, it was also interesting to see a book with an abundance of queerness, although it did contain some problematic tropes and languge regarding that.

Now onto the aspects that I really disliked unfortunately:

This book in general barely made me feel anything, there were a few cute moments between characters who are friends and about two genuinely scary ones that felt like well done

supernatural

horror. Other than that it was mainly

roadtripping, substance abuse and vampires being vampires  

  which is just not enough to keep me engaged. The pseudo-dark and depressed goth subculture vibe made it even harder to get through and to relate to the characters but like I said, I'm just not the main demographic of this book. I jsut would have wished for some earnest interoception of the characters and for less redundance in certain plot points, this could have added at least one more point in my rating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Self harm, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Car accident

jackiesspookyshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, and Blood

Minor: Abortion

ezvsreality's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

struggling to find anything positive to say… this was hot garbage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racial slurs

strawbeehouse's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Oh my god. Im normal. Im very normal

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, and Sexual assault

reaperreads's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

dirigitive's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

sigynmoon's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Ableism and Misogyny

rosemarys_gayby's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

I’m glad I read Exquisite Corpse first because I’m not sure I would have stuck this out. I didn’t really get it then when folks complain about Brite’s purple prose but boy oh boy do I get it now. Even so, the writer’s first novel is highly readable and perverse, though the miles away from the vivid scatological violence and degradation of Exquisite Corpse, and not nearly as sexy. The last act is a real slog (boooo Ann who cares about you) but this definitely would have turned my crank in high school.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

theghostescaped's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Incest, Rape, and Violence

joonjxne's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Terminal illness