Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

8 reviews

crocoduck's review

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? It's complicated

4.5

Loved it! Some of the stories were better than others, and not all of them were very scary, but they were all interesting with amazing art!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

Pretty much anything commonly found in horror can be found here, to varying degrees of "graphicness" depending on the story.

danimacuk's review

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Stalking

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Cannibalism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

m4rtt4's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

My first time reading Junji Ito, and I am in awe, I am in love (as much as one can love things like this)... The stories are original, creative and excellently drawn with an eye for creepy details, there's literally nothing to complain (other than I wish the book had been longer lol). My favourite stories were Earthbound, Bloodsucking Darkness and The Mystery of the Haunted House / Tsujii family stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

paperbackparker's review

dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

First Junji Ito read!! 
I loved some of these stories, but others were just meh. Definitely intrigued to pick up more of his work though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

stardustdreamer's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

tazemu's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

kristinawidda_k's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide and Cannibalism

Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury

laurajones's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Suicide, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, and Medical content

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Sexual assault