Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Little Mushroom: Judgment Day by Shisi

3 reviews

eva333's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I started this because I was fascinated by the idea of a protagonist who is a mushroom, and I was not disappointed. The story is very intriguing and I immediately ordered the second part upon almost finishing this. The world created here is fascinating in both a wondrous and haunting way. It feels both very violent and worth exploring. It also keeps surprising me in good ways how the mushroom protagonist responds to situations he ends up in. And also how others respond to him! 
Very excited to start reading the final part of the story soon. 
 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

aardwyrm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Soft worldbuilding has its pitfalls, and it's frequently hard to keep track of things like themes and stakes, which make following the story a little challenging. It's all vibes, but those vibes are pretty neat, with a semi-supernatural nature's revenge apocalypse that evokes nothing so much as Nausicaa, and strange, prickly, very fallible characters. Just. Don't think too hard. If anything, a nice change from all the mushroom horror that seems to be the style of these times. A pleasant mushroom who's a pretty good little guy is refreshing. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

marinehaddock's review

Lu Feng said I will have no redeeming character traits, but I WILL do eugenics while attempting to gently hold An Zhe; a person who is completely uncomfortable with me.
I am a Josh apologist.  I don't feel he deserved any of the shit he got in this book.  He's 19 for fuck sake.
And this is one of those stories where literally everyone dies all the time except for the protagonists and I just don't jive with that.  I find it cheap.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Rape, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Self harm, and Death of parent