Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Goth by Otsuichi

13 reviews

unfranchisablereadr's review against another edition

I think vignettes are similar to short stories for me: they are interesting in the moment but the connection doesn’t last long enough for me to want to come back to the book. These stories are beautifully and horrifically written. Definitely horror. But there just isn’t anything that makes me want to go back to the book when I know I’m starting a story from scratch. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

gandalftheugly's review against another edition

dark mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

I should definitely read more mangas!

The Episodic nature of the story did not bring everything together as neatly as i‘d liked but the ending is a real highlight so it makes up for most of that.

The art was beautiful, grotesque and disturbing, which i really loved!
I sometimes had troubles differentiating between certain characters though…

It was a super fun read and went over too quickly :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Blood, and Suicide attempt

doomluz's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

This was a little hard to read because the plot is creepy and bleak, but interesting. I like that in the Afterword he explains that this doesn't really reflect a lot of goth culture, though the main characters are goths. The plot twists in each story were interesting and I couldn't guess most of them, though the last story confused me a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

fairygodfish's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.25

Enjoyable read but ultimately I am not that interested in reading about men that think they are different. Give me more Morino!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

awildjessichu's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

dale1997's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

dollhousebooks's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Blood

jelliestars's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ireneac's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

valkri3's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder