Book: Brainwyrms

Author: Alison Rumfitt

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced audio copy.

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I would like to just preface this review by saying none of my feelings towards this book are due to the characters being trans. I saw a lot of the reviews were positive and where I landed with this book I wanted to make that absolutely clear that this has nothing to do with that, I just did not like this book. We will always support everyone no matter what their sex or gender is.

I wish I could tell you what the story is about but I am still not entirely sure. The narrative was confusing and it changed perspectives with little to no warning which left me guessing which character we were following. 

From the cover and the description I was expecting a horror book but I don’t know for sure what this would classify as. The book does come with a warning that it will have some extreme elements but I shook that off as thinking it was nothing I couldn’t handle. I was wrong and we now know what my limit is. This story follows people who have a fetish of getting and receiving parasites. I don’t know if this is a real fetish and to be honest, I am too afraid to find out. The detail given in this is just downright disturbing. Parasites turning someone on in a sexual way made this a book I just did not know how to connect to.

Normally when a story doesn’t click with me I find other good points but I struggled for that here. The writing was extremely inconsistent. Some descriptions and other situations were written so well and so clearly and then in other areas “lol” was used. It almost seemed like two different authors.

I hate finishing a book and feeling like it’s a tough sell to recommend but unfortunately, that’s where I am at with Brainwryms.

Final Score 2/5