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Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite

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sigynmoon's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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roo_95's review against another edition

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4.0

Brutally great. Can’t wait to never read it again.

ezrasupremacy's review against another edition

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3.0

can’t say i have too much of a strong opinion on this. it was definitely not as poorly written as some of the other splatterpunk shit i’ve read. i do enjoy reading something that’s so clearly a product of a time before mine.

i don’t really have any criticism that’s not gonna make me look like a white saviour, but genuinely the only part of this book that made me uncomfortable was how the author talked about the characters that were poc.

remember that community quote that goes “i can excuse racism but i draw the line at animal cruelty”? that, except it’s “i can excuse murder, but i draw the line at racism”

bespokecompost's review against another edition

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challenging 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

3.0

I don’t think anyone needed to write jeffrey dahmer fanfiction but at least it’s written well. Answering the are these characters loveable question made me laugh out loud tho

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moosereads1's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A story that truly disturbs me and makes me shudder is a rare find, and exquisite corpses did just that. If you want a book that will traumatize you, this is the one. It takes you into the minds of two serial killers who, when combined, come together in a near picture perfect image of Jeffrey Dahmer and it is as utterly horrifying and disturbing as such a story should be. There were moments in which I had no words, just shock - however, in a good way rather than how many extreme horror books sacrifice good writing for shock value. Brite’s writing managed to make even the most disturbing scenes sound eloquent. However, the one issue I had was the synopsis compared to the content - it advertises that the two killers spend their time with the perfect victim, yet there are only a few scenes at the very end of the book in which they do so. Regardless, this was a great disturbing book and I’m going to find something light hearted to feel better about myself and my mental state after choosing this book.

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