Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

199 reviews

readingwithgoose's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest

michaeljporcaro's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Nastiest book I ever read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Torture, Cannibalism, and Murder

abbysingh's review

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Hate crime, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Police brutality

waggish_nymph's review

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

Horrible. It’s well written and that’s it. Deplorable book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Outing

glassjars's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Yuck !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

samjoc's review

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Rape

j_yarbrough's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

lancepants's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs

_pandachi'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

traumatizing read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest

abookishgoth's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Incest