Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

3 reviews

liksie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Truly a scary, gory book! This book had me all tensed up as I was reading it and had to take breaks bc it was so unsettling. Really liked it but didn't like how some characters seemingly learned plot details that were important from thin air. Also had weird pacing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The spirals...they do be spiralin'

This was my first ever manga and I absolutely loved it. It made me very sick to my stomach at many points, but I was totally expecting that, so it was fine. The art is as gorgeous and detailed as it is grotesque. Every page had my eyes wide with terror, wonder, disgust, and sometimes all of those things at once. Though it's a thick book, it's a very fast read and I definitely recommend it to other people who don't have a lot of experience with manga. I think this is the beginning of my terrifying but beautiful journey with Junji Ito's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism