Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

6 reviews

nathiddles_106's review

dark fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

jaimc's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

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.

moxiereads's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

lilybear3's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I haven't read all of the newer short story collections, but I have read a lot of his work.  This was the scariest collection of his that I've read recently.  I like his story collections that are contained and they're stories that don't necessarily connect with one another in the same book.  I'm a huge fan of Uzumaki and Gyo, but I love the short story format.  I did appreciate imagining Soichi as a grown person, I thought that was interesting.  He's the absolute master of the "page turn" jump scare.  I try not to read his work at night! 

The scariest stories for me were:  The Mystery of the Haunted House (both), Library Vision, and Death Row Doorbell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy

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