Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Membrana by Chi Ta-wei

13 reviews

pikkumarja's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Kalvot on aivan jotain muuta, kuin ajattelin sen olevan. Kirja on ilmiselvästi queer, mutta en osaa täsmentää, miten. Kirjassa todellisuuden ja tekoälyllä luodun maailman rajat hämärtyvät eikä inhimillistä voi enää erottaa epäinhimillisestä.

Tiesin jo ensimmäisten sivujen jälkeen, että pidän tästä kirjasta. Yksityiskohtiin kiinnitettiin tarpeeksi huomiota, ja mitä pidemmälle kirja eteni, sitä enemmän alkuunkin tuli järkeä.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, and Stalking

mar's review against another edition

reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

dude.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Cannibalism, and Murder

le_mur's review against another edition

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Pedophilia and Acephobia/Arophobia

witcheep's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Medical trauma

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

maceydowns's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual content and Dysphoria

Minor: Rape, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

3.75

Super fascinating setting and themes around bodily autonomy and privacy, intimacy, identity, and reality and perception. The writing style is a bit stilted and heavy on telling (Heinrich's translation of Last Words from Montmartre reads very differently, so I'm inclined to think this is also a quirk of the original); I think it generally suits the narrative but does make the twist come off a little overexplained. Heavier on philosophy than hard science, and definitely shows its age at certain points, neither of which I say as particular negatives -- overall, very interesting read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and War

Viral infection. Climate change/pollution in the setup.

imrereads's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Wow, wow, just wow. The more I think about this, the more impessed I am. I'm going to write a proper review for this, but this was fucked up and incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

wormgirl's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Pedophilia and Medical content

Minor: Chronic illness