Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

371 reviews

renjamin's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Murder

stellaa9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is absolutely insane. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

layflock's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was so weird 🫱🏼‍🫲🏻 I have to give it 5 stars! 

~survive whatever it takes~ 
Popinpobopia‼️‼️‼️

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Content Warnings

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

ingridaleida's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Misogyny and Vomit

Minor: Confinement

choco_bunbun's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

I didn't dislike nor like this book. I'm not going to give it a star rating because I think it's too reductive of how I feel about the book to use an 'enjoyment meter' to show my feelings towards it. It's an incredibly  bizarre book, and probably the most out of all the books I've ever read. 

The events are incredibly gruesome and traumatic. There's

cannibalism, incest, and child sexual abuse.

It's all very graphic, and greatly disturbed me. The writing style is deceptive in a way with how simplistic it is, talking in an almost-childlike voice. The story explores child hood trauma and using imagination to escape being/feeling othered so extremely it really takes you for a rollercoaster. Each chapter is equally or somehow more disturbing than the last. 

I connected to it? The way 'being an alien' is used as a trauma response is so overwhelming and horrific that it feels strange to say that I related to it, but I still did. I don't regret reading this despite how tragic and violent it all is. I sure won't ever read it again though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

chireadsandchill's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jdona793's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy

raccoonfoo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Be careful. Take breaks from reading as you need them.

hellomateyboy's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed it. Dark, hilarious and sad in equal measure.

The ending is insane

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Vomit

nickileal's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

Such a strange strange book. I can’t even begin to imagine what the authors mind is like. I previously read convenient store woman and there were some similarities. Overall, this covers serious and deep topics such as trauma and sexual assault in a very funny and kid/childish tone. This could almost be mistaken for YA but it’s simply not the case. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Dysphoria