Reviews with content warning for Drug abuse - Chaperos

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Chaperos by Dennis Cooper

66 reviews

saccharinewoe's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

insane, depraved, disturbing, morbid, literally every synonym related to these words runs through my head as i reflect on this. but it used the epistolary format so well to explore the depravity of human beings and the pervasiveness of sexual violence in internet culture due to anonymity (more specifically in the early 2000s but its still like this now). at the heart of this is the basis of interactions on the internet and how easily a lie can become the truth - if enough people believe in it. i can't say i enjoyed this because it genuinely describes like the most fucked up things that could happen to a person but i do recognise it for what it is and what it imparted.

idk how to trigger warn this sufficiently because i feel like it requires like every single trigger warning under the sun 😭

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msdiamar's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

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lovesimon's review against another edition

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5.0

This book was so hard to read, but so gripping I couldn't put it down. Really interesting exploration of sexuality, Internet culture, and the psychological profile of the Internet scammer which is a type of person I find endlessly fascinating. Really cool play with form.

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emmabereading's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

1.5

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ekaramanov's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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aknaag's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

4.75

Girl…. This was something… and this was a lot.

The setting and the pacing of this book and overall layout is different to conventional books, it’s fun, which I enjoyed!

Idk if it’s because of the way I downloaded it but the authors name and the book title weirdly appears in the middle of almost every page that caught me off guard sm times, idk if it’s downloaded error or something but I got used it midway so that’s fine.

The plot…. Ugh the plot.. deplorable. So tragic and just makes you question and shake your head at humanity honestly.

There’s this spectrum in which sex is written and viewed in books, it’s either realistically romantic and spicy or realistically degrading and abhorrent. And it was very much the latter. At least that’s how I felt. Just needed a shower and the strong feel to be celibate.

Tragic character/(s) but such an interesting rabbit hole of a mystery. The way it kept unfolding really had me gagged. Just overall, the plot ATE.

If you’re a person with a ding dong, going to read this book? I highly suggest you mentally prepare for it because the detailed scenes of violence sometimes became too much for me and I can’t imagine how you’d feel having a wiener.

Honestly, this ATE. I finished it in a DAY.

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angelicardale's review against another edition

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this book is disgusting honestly lol .. exquisite corpse had more tact than a single page of this book did (and that was another one-star book for me). i hate that i had no idea what i was getting myself into. for all the graphic and horrific depictions of pedophilia and csa in this book (that read less like tragedy and more like torture p0rn, tbh), i really really wish it'd been explicitly stated in the blurb, or at the very least, in a content warnings list ANYWHERE in the book. there's not even an author's note. as a writer, i understand to a certain degree, but it's just plain negligent to not warn readers or categorize it in the right genre !!!! this was under general fiction at barnes & noble. it should be considered splatterpunk tbh. anyway screw tiktok for recommending me this book it was awful and not worth finishing imo.

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