Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Shiver by Junji Ito

4 reviews

kase's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Addiction, Gore, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Excrement, and Mental illness

angelsfw's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide

cursivewolf's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Suicide

brenticus's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I don't know why I keep reading this man's work.

My favourites out of this collection were Used Record, Shiver, Painter (which also served as a reminder that I should read Tomie), and The Long Dream. The others were good, but generally didn't vibe with me the same way. All still pretty messed up in their own way; that one page flip during Greased was just viscerally disgusting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Uh, if you're worried about the content triggering anything for any reason I would probably just suggest staying away from Junji Ito's works.