scifi_rat's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death and Child abuse
Moderate: Child death, Gore, Medical content, Excrement, Slavery, Body horror, Grief, Violence, War, Abandonment, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Murder, Torture, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Sexism, Suicide, and Vomit
Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Animal death, Alcohol, Abortion, Infertility, Animal cruelty, and Infidelity
brilokuloj's review against another edition
Graphic: Miscarriage, Abortion, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship
medini_l's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Excrement, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Gore, Abortion, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Cannibalism, and Violence
poempelnator's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
And (for me) lots of horror (like really body horror right on the first short story) and that's not fully my jam.
I found some story's amazing and others really not, but overall interesting. So 3.5 is the middle ground for me.
Graphic: Blood, Abortion, Medical content, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Cursing, Sexism, Murder, Violence, Colonisation, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Pregnancy, Excrement, and Animal death
laffi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Vomit, Physical abuse, and War
mxmacalla's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Abortion, Medical trauma, Body horror, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, and Infidelity
linalina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicide, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Antisemitism, Dementia, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Excrement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Abortion, Grief, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, War, Kidnapping, and Vomit
talonsontypewriters's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Murder, Gore, Violence, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Child abuse, Confinement, Pregnancy, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Self harm, War, Excrement, Grief, Animal death, Gaslighting, Torture, Suicide, Cannibalism, and Death of parent
Minor: Ableism, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Incest, Vomit, Sexual content, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity
Menstruation ("The Head," "The Embodiment").cramen_molby's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Abortion, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, and Child abuse
charleyroxy's review against another edition
5.0
As an important note, I will include a list of content warnings below because it is long. If you are squeamish about bodily fluids you won't make it past the first story. There is gore, abuse, animal cruelty, suicide, and more so be prepared. I loved finding this quote of Chung's from an interview about her writing to give you an idea:
"I don’t feel scared at all when writing horrific or gory scenes. I think it’s because my intention is more to imagine what an ordinary person wouldn’t do or wouldn’t react to, of that twist in the character’s behavior. Aside from making up a fun plot, you’ve got to make the unusual reactions of your characters believable if you want to convince your reader. I think the power of writing is in this ability to make the reader believe. I wanted to see how far I could push that in my writing. That’s all I was trying to do, and it’s amusing to me when people say my characters scare them."
Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Pregnancy, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Car accident, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Incest, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual content
While there is not a miscarriage exactly, in The Embodiment there is a scene that would be quite triggering to those who have had the experience.