Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: Stories by Harlan Ellison

15 reviews

juju_432's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I don't need a mouth to Yap

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

noosh_pdf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Good for a short story, a quick read, quite underwhelming in comparison to all the comments here, I expected something much darker but it's okay. 
However I must credit the author for the plot, the plot itself was unnerving and so are the last two pages, I just assumed it would be more graphic. My bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, and Cannibalism

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is just as good as everyone says it is. As a group of humans are kept alive by the sentient robot that destroyed the world, they're tortured by endless life, lack of sunlight, and AM themself. It's a horrifying take on technology and human nature but it's necessary and a fun short read. Also Harlan Ellisons voice is worth a listen anyways! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

livelaughomo's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, and Torture

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, and Medical content

Minor: Racism and Suicidal thoughts

peggy_racham's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aswansky's review against another edition

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

5.0

incredible short story, truly haunting. listen to the audiobook, it’s on youtube and narrated by the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

meroei's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide and War

archaicrobin's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

A truly terrifying read about a super computer saving 5 humans for the sole purpose of torturing them. This was written in 1969 and its stance on technology and relying too much on AI is still relevant today. Unfortunately this story had a very misogynistic look at the female character, like many older novels, but it’s very aggressive in this one, and as a result it affected my enjoyment of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Cannibalism

aiiime's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

itszosia's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, and Suicide attempt