Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima

13 reviews

sleepyriv's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, War, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

nerdkitten's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Moderate: Cannibalism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Blood, Classism, and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Colonisation, Infidelity, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Gore, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

junisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I’m about to make Yukio Mishima my entire personality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and War

deadlizard's review

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, War, Violence, Blood, and Gore

sunnybopeep's review against another edition

4.5

Despite being a little bit disjointed, this book is fantastically written with beautiful language. It is probably one of the most candid and vulnerable stories I have ever read. I think you can tell that Mishima was less experienced when he was writing this, as some parts drag, but the content is indisputably excellent. Mishima’s fixation on death reminds me a bit of Bataille, but his philosophies stray in a different direction. Overall, this was a great read that gave me a peek inside the author’s mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

fujo_cat's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Genocide, and Cannibalism

Minor: Homophobia, Child death, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

seanamcphie's review

dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, War, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Gore

i_worship_my_cat's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

It's a very interesting read, and perfectly describes the experiences of alot of people in the queer community, and found myself relating to the protagonist, despite our time and cultural differences. However, the ending was

quiet abrupt, and I didn't feel like it answer the questions that were the main focus of the storyline, which kind of makes sense, in context. But I would still have liked to see more about the experiences and thoughts of the main characters further from where they ended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Violence

happydays024's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Gore

connormahon's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and Death