Reviews tagging 'Rape'

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream: Stories by Harlan Ellison

32 reviews

moopish's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Just for the title story alone I would give it five stars. It's one of my favorite stories. The other stories and additional info on the title story was very interesting to go through. All the stories are enjoyabe.

Many of the characters and their views are unlikable. Definitely not for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexism

Moderate: Rape

toffishay's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

2.75

I liked "Eyes of Dust" and "Delusion for a Dragon Slayer"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual content

Minor: Racial slurs

ak97x's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Human consciousness kept in limbo by cruel AI that believes it is enacting justice. Graphic depictions of sex, violence, assault, torture, etc.

Very sexist Very racist Very stupid But "intellectuals" of a certain type (re: fedorass') will rave about it. No, there's no real science in it

backyardjake's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense

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

3.5

I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream:
Frightful future becoming more and more plausable as countries move towards using Super Intelligent AI for purposes of war. Personal interpretation altered to Ellison's words on the story in his accompaning memoir. I indeed did not notice Ellen was specifically black nor did I come away hopeful with the ending, but his words on the matter did change my outlook for the better.

The other stories:
All equally disparging to the human race and it's lowness. I would find it hard to see the bright side in these stories as the author means for the reader to in the first one. Except perhaps for the space circus, which is more sad than it is messed up like the others. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

ruslan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.75

Interesting take on AI, especially given the time the short story was originally released. Very grim and bleak, the whole story is filled with a sense of hopelessness and despair through and through. Very enjoyable sci-fi/horror type of thing! Was a bit upset that it was so short but that makes it all the more impactful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

antaresrises's review

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

jvsroxvs's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

lior34's review against another edition

dark sad tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual content

luckygriffin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Jesus christ

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Do not read unless you can handle extreme psychological horror. The plot is driven by the torture of the main characters, and is disturbing to read.

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

I originally bought this to read the title story about 10 years ago and I've finally finished the rest of it. I can't really comment on the first story, I remember thinking it was good. There was one or two other stories in the collection that were alright too but mostly I didn't really enjoy the rest of them. 

A couple of them fell in to that sci fi thing of having made up words for 50% of the things but the stories aren't long enough to really explain what most of it is. 

The main issue I had with most of these stories was the misogyny. In the first story it kind of worked with the horror but after that it was just straight up sexism. Did not enjoy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Suicide