Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Little Mushroom: Judgment Day by Shisi

16 reviews

cg_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

The non-human main character is pretty unique and I don’t know much about science fiction but I did enjoy this :) (would’ve loved more details about how people lived/survive on the base though)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and War

Never thought I’d enjoy the adventures of a humanoid mushroom as he tries to survive on a dying earth and befriend a Judge who is meant to eliminate him and his kind.

smg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Body horror, Infertility, Sexual assault, and War

saikiren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Lu Fenggg I love that man,
the sudden character deaths were greatly unexpected T_T

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

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. 

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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.

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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

starberry's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

This book was incredible. As someone who doesn’t typically enjoy scifi, this was very enjoyable. The characters are very interesting and the worldbuilding is immaculate. Honestly, the perseverance of humanity despite the calamity of the last 200 years in the story is very surprising. This definitely gets intense at times and I would say it’s not for the lighthearted - if you can’t handle characters death, and lots of it, I would steer clear. but if you push through and read it it’s such a rewarding story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Sexual harassment