Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

24 reviews

martyrbat's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

mousmoulo's review against another edition

not rating this bc i have a feeling my edition was not complete

it was good though! the ending was very disturbing even though it was very clearly foreshadowed, and i really liked the concept overall. i can't decide if focusing a little more on the characters' relationships would have made it more impactful or not, but overall i'm glad i finally got around to reading it even if i can't say it was an enjoyable experience LOL

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide attempt

o_romeo's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

1.25

Hard to read and misogynistic. The eponymous short story 'I have no mouth and I must scream' is good, as expected, but the rest is uncompelling and grating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

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

nbhefner's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Dark horror about a machines hatred for humanity.  cogito, ergo sum 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: War

Minor: Sexual content

tree_branch's review

dark

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

cpardub's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

Read this because of a trivia question, and found Ellison’s style very strange. Sci-fi, yet poetic, and with a lot of 2D female characters. It was okay. I liked the titular story and only read the rest to appease my inner completionist. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity

nelly_reads123's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

ferns_citruscorner_8's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

A shitty book, but interesting to think about. This guy must've felt like he did something amazing and revolutionary when writing these stories. It's a product of it's time (be aware!) Nothing truly is disturbing. I kinda felt myself connecting with AM more than anyone else. Yea, there's way more better sci-fi stories out there with actual thought-provoking subjects and complex view points.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Cannibalism

Minor: Fatphobia, Sexual content, Suicide, and Torture

laraloops's review

dark sad 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

4.75

Dark and challenging - it leaves an unsettling feeling in the pit of your stomach. I can't recommend it more! A great horror short story that I am excited to try out the video game adaptation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content