Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Chaperos by Dennis Cooper

70 reviews

jakobvongunten's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Drug abuse, Homophobia, and Excrement

mercimarci's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gun violence

marenluisaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

diesem buch eine gute bewertung zu geben fühlt sich so komisch an, aber ich muss sagen dass ich komplett HOOKED from start to finish war. so etwas habe ich noch NIE gelesen, was für ein geniales konzept!! vor allem der erste part war für mich so beeindruckend und fun to read, was war wahr und was nicht???

ich hätte niemals damit gerechnet dass man eine komplette auflösung bekommen würde!!! ich glaube, es hätte mir noch besser gefallen, wenn noch mehr offen geblieben wäre ODER der twist gewesen wär dass brad hinter allem überhaupt gesteckt hat… naja aber so war auch oke

 ich muss aber sagen: i love me some dark and fucked-up contents aber hier musste ich WIRKLICH schlucken und durchatmen. was hier teilweise geschrieben wurde war wahnsinnig alter & kann man bei explicit necrophilia, pedophilia und alle anderen -philias dann sone gute bewertung geben?? i guess so, wahrscheinlich sind solche foren und solche menschen halt wirklich überall und das alles ist gar nicht so weit hergeholt… trotzdem, das war zeitweise wirklich unkommentierter torture porn & das isses NICHT. 

nichtsdestotrotz war das ein wahnsinnig interessanter read & it sucked me in for good. habe auch unwillentlich echt viel über gay culture & kinks lernen können.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

prettyboypercy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

this is one of those books i feel so horrific to love. it’s depraved and sadistic and addictive, which is what the book wanted to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

lunababybat's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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

I loved mixed media, especially ones with unreliable narrators. Unlimately, it's up to the reader to decide what is true and what isn't. Who was Brad? Who really knows? Taking off half a star because there were way too many names to keep up with and I had to do a lot of doubling back to try to keep straight who was who. But all the kudos for how deliciously fucked up this story was and its unconventional formats. I think I need to find a community to talk about this one more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

encyclopedia's review against another edition

3.0

Don't you realize what I'm giving you? Brad isn't just some cute, masochistic piece of ass who's here to help a bunch of stupid leather men get their sadistic rocks off. He's a fucking legend. I expect you to show some respect.

I wanted a heavy experience, not to have my life changed forever.

A fucked-up, graphically violent early-aughts Internet novel. I guess it's a mystery novel, but it has more in common with Borges in that the mystery is the nature of truth and identity itself. A genuinely interesting commentary on trust, the Internet, sex, power, fantasy. It's well written and even funny at times, it's just really fucking graphic (not that surprising if you know what you're getting into with ol' Dennis).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, and Murder

delecterble's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

rebe_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Excrement, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rjberwind's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

Transgressive and a very hard read. To those with a morbid curiosity, maybe this is your book. To all others: beware.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

nuclear_droid's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

0.25

Thanks I hated it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail