Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

133 reviews

dani_aurora_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

uppercase's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

Visually it’s an absolute stunner and that alone makes it a worthwhile read.  As a story though I’m a lot more mixed.  For most of the book it’s a series of various horrors but there’s not really any sort of story happening until the end.  For the most part it borderline feels monster-of-the-week in its approach.  The last fourth is where some sort of narrative begins to form and honestly that was my favorite part.  But it’s over just as I’m starting to really get into it and the conclusion left something to be desired.

Again though, it’s visually immaculate and that alone makes it worth the read.  I just didn’t get much more out of it than that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, and Cannibalism

bhaavyab's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

chris_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Gore, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, Car accident, and Death of parent

who_elze's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

alastair_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Cannibalism

acogna's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

Probably Ito's best long-form work. From creep-factor to body horror and mystery, it's got everything.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism

mokkekitty's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Stalking and Car accident

hippityhoppity's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

danimacuk's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury