Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Membrana by Chi Ta-wei

5 reviews

cleo_reads's review against another edition

4.0

Genuinely surprising 1990s queer Taiwanese cyber punk. This is a deeply weird, philosophically interesting and at times disturbing book.

The pacing was a little off. Initially I was put off by the repetitive writing but I relaxed into it and the writing style made sense when I got to the end. 

There are a lot of references, from Buddhism to Derrida to Ingmar Bergman and probably a lot that I missed. One of the most disturbing sequences in the book turned out to be a reference to the life and death of the Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini. (I had no idea reading it but learned it from a review). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse and War

child molestation, body horror, surveillance, non-consensual surgery and medical treatments, voyeurism, mention of organ harvesting

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

spookfish's review against another edition

There is one thing I cannot read of, and that is paedophilia. I’m so sad because otherwise I was finding the discussion in this book interesting, though uncomfortable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Cancer and Blood

leguinstan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Medical trauma

Minor: Animal cruelty, Rape, and Sexual content

Medical trauma: specifically there is a lot of sugery-related trauma. child abuse: half a page of child molestation

elianab123's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was insanely life changing and mind blowing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse