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bittytofu's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide
Minor: Alcoholism and Infertility
sdloomer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.0
In preparation for my upcoming trip to Korea, I decided to set aside some books on Korean history, fiction, and works written by Korean authors; this one did not disappoint and I was very deeply interested to learn about the Gwangju uprising of 1980. In America, Korean history is something that is only really glossed over in favor of western countries' - except for the Korean War - and I am ashamed to say, as a Korean American, that I have virtually no knowledge of my home country's past. I am hoping to rectify that with reading as much as I can get my hands om, starting with this book.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide
eva_vva's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexism, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infertility, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment
natncho's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
After you died I couldn't hold a funeral, so my life became a funeral.
Glass is transparent, right? And fragile. That's the fundamental nature of glass. And that's why objects that are made of glass have to be handled with care. After all, if they end up smashed or cracked or chipped then they're good for nothing, right, you just have to chuck them away.
Before, we used to have a kind of glass that couldn't be broken. A truth so hard and clear it might as well have been made of glass. So when you think about it, it was only when we were shattered that we proved we had souls. That what we really were was humans made of glass.
Is it true that human beings are fundamentally cruel? Is the experience of cruelty the only thing we share as a species? Is the dignity that we cling to nothing but self-delusion, masking from ourselves this single truth: that each one of us is capable of being reduced to an insect, a ravening beast, a lump of meat? To be degraded, damages, slaughtered - is this the essential fate of humankind, one which history has confirmed as inevitable?
How had the seasons kept on turning for me, when time had stopped forever for him that May?"
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
craggsya's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, and Suicide attempt
rosenbrook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Human Acts is about the inhuman acts that we can perpetrate. This book describes graphic events, but never feels sadistic. What occurs is shocking, but not for shock value. The moments of darkness are nicely balanced with moments of humanity.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
nico_lechat's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and War
emstermeegs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
amylire's review against another edition
But it was so descriptive and gory and upsetting I really couldn't
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Police brutality, and Murder
airr's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit