Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror by Junji Ito

16 reviews

cwatson1234's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Violence, and Cannibalism

mxpringle's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

5.0

This was just incredible. I loved the way that the art style went from straight lines and as the characters devolved into insanity, there was way more curvature until everything was a spiral. The way that those artistic elements played into the plot was just masterful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Self harm, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Confinement, Murder, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Blood, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Gore, Child death, Cannibalism, and Animal death

chazaiya's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

while, yes, dark and deeply unsettling, i think people are undercutting just how funny this story can be. there is an undertone of anxiety that permeates the whole thing, and certain chapters are greatly disturbing (the first two chapters and hospital section stand out to me as easily the most horrifying parts), but as the story progresses and the town sinks further into the spiral the scenarios get more and more absurd. like the whole snail thing? i was laughing my ass off that entire chapter. and those kids blowing away houses like a gang of big bad wolves? they say comedy and horror are closely interlinked, i find a lot of what happens here to be a perfect example of that relationship.
story-wise for most of the run it's alright. it goes through a new scenario every chapter with a new horrifying idea relating to spirals. it's cool how creative Ito gets with how exactly he can make something as simple as a spiral scary. but the real greatness of this work starts to show in the later chapters once Chie enters. at this point the story has more structure to it and Ito is writing not purely for the sake of being scary but to reach a logical conclusion. those last few chapters are incredible. 
and needless to say Junji Ito is masterful with his art and how he uses it for worldbuilding. the way he uses his pen draw such unnerving figures and settings is unlike anything i've seen. 
it's good. i get why people praise Ito so highly for this. i might check out some of his other multi-chapter stories like Tomie or Gyo. i'm particularly interested in his adaptation of No Longer Human, so maybe that next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Death, Suicide, and Self harm

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, and Gore

Minor: Stalking

leonormsousa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

dpugh91's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

This book is good but it's disturbing and will probably give you nightmares and start to convince you you're  cursed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Cannibalism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Stalking and Pregnancy

lames's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Vomit, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Death of parent

finleyfrogreads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Pregnancy, Child death, Confinement, Medical trauma, Death, and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Car accident, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Grief

chloereadds's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Mental illness, Gore, Suicide, and Self harm

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Addiction, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Violence

Minor: Stalking, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

thereaderfriend's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Truly a scary, gory book! This book had me all tensed up as I was reading it and had to take breaks bc it was so unsettling. Really liked it but didn't like how some characters seemingly learned plot details that were important from thin air. Also had weird pacing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Death, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Torture, Confinement, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Animal death, Car accident, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Animal cruelty

ririissoamazing's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Mental illness, Death, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Genocide, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Miscarriage, and Medical content