Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

3 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

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