Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

50 reviews

brutallybookish's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is very beautifully written, and I enjoyed the voice and style. Even while providing a thrilling story of two depraved serial killers, the story discusses many diverse points of view through different characters in the LGBT community and their experiences which were emotional and interesting. The pacing of the plot was a bit slower than I expected, but still very entertaining and engaging. Though the style is a bit more poetic, this is still a graphic and horrifying book, and seeing all the points of view come together at the close was bittersweet, and I could not have predicted the ending. A bit of a challenging read for me, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

em815ily's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

shutupsylvia's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Murder

rikathestrange's review

dark emotional tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Murder

pinkfloydtwisted's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

abeavs's review

dark tense fast-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

3.5

Would have been higher for me except for a couple of completely unnecessary uses of the n word. That really pulled me out of the ending. That being said, the author switches POV’s seamlessly and that adds a lot to the tension. Under everything it’s just a love story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Slavery, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping

fluoresensitive's review

2.0

Racist, horrific sexualization of rape that seems to be oh so common in white queer spaces, the disgusting grandaddy to Brainwyrms. Fucking ew.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic

eris_in_chains's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Thoroughly enjoyed this book though I must say that it's very much a product of its time (cannot tell whether the author intented to fetishize East Asian men here.) An interesting Jeffrey Dahmer fanfic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

jully_bean's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

erkkmoon's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol