Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

42 reviews

bookforestsprite's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

Alles in allem hat mir der Band an Kurzgeschichten sehr gefallen. "Der Kopf", "Der Fluch des Hasen", "Narben" und "Herrscher über Wind und Sand" haben mir besonders gut gefallen, die letzteren beiden hatten tolle märchenhafte Elemente, die sie aber doch interessant unterwanderten. "Die Falle" war sehr verstörend, aber toll. "Der Eisfinger" und "Das Wiedersehen" hab ich abgebrochen – zu wirr oder langweilig.

Die Übersetzung könnte durchaus geschmeidiger sein. Besonders bei den Geschichten, die ins Fabelähnliche gehen, hätte man den Ton besser anpassen können.

Lektorat durchwachsen – viel zu viele Kommas überall.

Insgesamt eine Sammlung außergewöhnlicher, interessant verstörender Kurzgeschichten.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Pregnancy, Confinement, Body horror, Torture, Gore, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Incest

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Torture, Confinement, Vomit, Misogyny, Gore, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Suicide attempt, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

mementomoriiv's review

I read the first 4 stories, but started to get really overwhelmed with a sense of dread and also of extreme anxiety due to the dead animals and children. It's probably due to some stuff I am working through right now but it really hit a place that cause a lot of emotional distress.

The stories are really well written with interesting premises. Some are just emotionally draining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Sexual violence, Rape, Medical trauma, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, Death, Blood, Confinement, Animal death, Incest, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

The translation from Korean to English is a bit off at times. However, that does not dim the bizarre beauty of this collection. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Pregnancy, Blood, Gore, Ableism, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Classism, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Excrement, Sexism, Violence, Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Medical content, Cannibalism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Gaslighting, Bullying, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Stalking, and Suicide

Be aware that there is characters slowly dying, hunger, starvation, c-sections, blood clots, mob violence, financial struggles, mentions of Nazism, and destruction of cities and families.

elanuruysal's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Confinement, and Body horror

niamphoone's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Miscarriage, Gore, Grief, Child death, Blood, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Medical content, and Self harm

emk5's review

dark sad tense

3.25

It was certainly cursed?? Mostly just disturbing and unsettling. I tried to add all the CW's but definitely might have missed some. Would not personally recommend this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, and Gore

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Incest

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, Blood, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Death, Ableism, Body horror, and Confinement

Minor: Child death, War, Toxic relationship, Genocide, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Car accident

dalstellar's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

3.0

so fucked up... memorable tho!

impossible to rate altogether some real hits and misses

fav story: the embodiment
least fav: scars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Gore, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Confinement, and Child abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Car accident, Incest, and Dementia

sneakysophster's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

Weird, violent, gross, fairy-tale-esque, existential representations of the patriarchy, relationships with parents, capitalism, and greed. One of my favorite short story collections probably ever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Mental illness, Car accident, Gore, Incest, Suicide, Rape, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Excrement, Pregnancy, Ableism, Murder, Misogyny, and Child abuse