Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

1045 reviews

glitchgh0st's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Highly recommend IF you enjoy something like the works of Junji Ito 😬

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Grief, Sexual assault, Murder, Incest, Mental illness, and Rape

cidnyareads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

ahermitreads's review against another edition

3.0

I loved Convenient Store Woman by the same author. But this? It's the weirdest book I've ever read. Like batshit levels of insane. And it just kept getting crazier and crazier. 

Not sure if I understood the point of it by the end. 

Major trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Incest, and Rape

mvan998's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

I have no idea how to rate this book. The writing was good but the book was so f***** up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Incest

bookfriend8's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

This is messed up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Body horror, Rape, Cannibalism, Murder, and Pedophilia

nathiddles_106's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Cannibalism, Blood, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Gore

Moderate: Misogyny, Child abuse, Incest, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

setakona's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

This one of most bizzare book i’ve read this year. My brain is still trying to process what the hell did i just read. Please check trigger warning before you read the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Gore, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Incest

savvy999's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Goddamn this book is wack. Literally anything that could happen does happen. Grotesque and alien, but childlike and naive. Full of fearful splendor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Pedophilia, Incest, Death, Cannibalism, Murder, and Vomit

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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? No

4.25

oh wow. where to even start? a unique, extremely dark, and satirical take on the constraints and pressures of society’s expectations: a portrayal of extreme anomie. murata did not hold back on the scrutiny. she captured the whimsical and overactive imagination of children so perfectly, especially when it came to processing trauma. this was an amazing portrayal of childhood trauma and how that affects people differently in adulthood. the last two chapters or so were a whirlwind of “wtf” but i was still captivated. extremely excited to read convenience store woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Gaslighting, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Violence, and Eating disorder

Minor: Bullying, Grief, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Death of parent, and Vomit

emmaschneck's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

2.0

i did not like that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicide